1st Earl of St Vincent

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or vincent:

    “I never saw youe madam laye aparte
    Your cornet black, in colde nor yet in heate,
    Sythe first ye knew of my desire so greate,
    Which other fances chac’d cleane from my harte.”
    —Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)

    “And mother almost always sighs,
    When father carves the duck.
    Then all of us prepare to rise,
    And hold our bibs before our eyes,
    And be prepared for some surprise,
    When father carves the duck.”
    —Ernest Vincent Wright Wotton (1872–1939)