Count of Holland/the County of Holland and West Frisia 1582-1795

Famous quotes containing the words count, holland, county and/or west:

    “I count three days
    since her beautiful lips
    touched the fine wheat
    her frail body
    disdains nourishment:
    she suffers....”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Naggers always know what they are doing. They weigh up the risks, then they go on and on and on until they get what they want or until they get punched.”
    —Jools Holland (b. 1958)

    “A horse, a buggy and several sets of harness, valued in all at about $250, were stolen last night from the stable of Howard Quinlan, near Kingsville. The county police are at work on the case, but so far no trace of either thieves or booty has been found.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “The very nursery tales of this generation were the nursery tales of primeval races. They migrate from east to west, and again from west to east; now expanded into the “tale divine” of bards, now shrunk into a popular rhyme.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)