Bishop/history

Famous quotes containing the words bishop and/or history:

    The millions of grains are black, white, tan, and gray,
    and mixed with quartz grains, rose and amethyst.
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    I am not a literary man.... I am a man of science, and I am interested in that branch of Anthropology which deals with the history of human speech.
    —J.A.H. (James Augustus Henry)