Famous quotes containing the words alexandrian and/or era:
“This is not yet an Alexandrian feast.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)