Sir Philip Grey Egerton

Famous quotes containing the words sir, philip and/or grey:

    “Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)

    “True, that true beauty virtue is indeed,
    Whereof this beauty can be but a shade,
    Which elements with mortal mixture breed.
    True, that on earth we are but pilgrims made,
    And should in soul up to our country move.
    True, and yet true that I must Stella love.”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    “We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave may blow them on the rocks of ruin.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)