Famous quotes containing the words bonny, laddie and/or highland:
“There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“Ye lassies all, whereer ye be,
And ye lie with an east-shore laddie,
Yell happy be and yell happy be,
For they are frank and free.”
—Unknown. The Rantin Laddie (l. 4952)
“If you would feel the full force of a tempest, take up your residence on the top of Mount Washington, or at the Highland Light, in Truro.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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