12th Earl of Cork and Orrery

Famous quotes containing the words earl, cork and/or orrery:

    “The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “Now who could take you off to tiny life
    In one room or in two rooms or in three
    And cork you smartly, like the flask of wine
    You are? Not any woman. Not a wife.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Word of gloom from the war, one day;
    Johnston pressed at the front, they say.
    Little Giffen was up and away;
    A tear—his first—as he bade good-by,
    Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye.
    “I’ll write, if spared!” There was news of the fight;
    But none of Giffen.—He did not write.”
    —Francis Orrery Ticknor (1822–1874)