Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or william:
“They turn one’s legs
To cribbage pegs—”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“From alle wymmen mi love is lent
And lyht on Alysoun.”
—Unknown. Alison. . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)
“Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses,
Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)