Islington London Borough

Famous quotes containing the words islington and/or london:

    “There was a youthe, and a well-loved youthe,
    And he was a squires son:
    He loved the bayliffes daughter deare,
    That lived in Islington.”
    —Unknown. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington (l. 1–4)

    “The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one’s clean linen in public.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)