1st Earl of Essex

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or essex:

    I am told that Duclos’ book is not in vogue in Paris, and that it is being violently criticized, apparently because readers understand it; and being intelligible is no longer the fashion.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    The unknown always seems unbelievable, Lucas.
    —Harry Essex (b. 1910)