1st Earl of Ypres

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or ypres:

    “Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “A good wif was ther ofbiside bathe,
    But she was somde, deef, and that was scathe.
    Of clooth makyng the hadde swich an haunt,
    She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)