Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Famous quotes containing the words baron, foster, thames and/or bank:

    “Erle Douglas on his milk-white steede,
    Most like a baron bold,
    Rode foremost of his company,
    Whose armor shone like gold.”
    —Unknown. Chevy Chase (l. 65–68)

    “Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.”
    —John Foster Dulles (1888–1959)

    “Home! Yes! she would see Trafalgar Square, again; and Nelson on his plinth; and Chelsea Bridge as it dissolved into the Thames at twilight ... and St. Paul’s, the single Amazon breast of her beloved native city.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “... an adamantine island chained to the shifting bank of the Channel.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)