Famous quotes containing the words king, city and/or maple:
“I dont wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a king, or even a queen, rather than a president. One isnt that quick to shoot a king or a queenthe majesty of royalty, you see.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“The City is of Night; perchance of Death,
But certainly of Night; for never there
Can come the lucid mornings fragrant breath
After the dewy dawnings cold grey air;”
—James Thomson (18341882)
“We had not gone far before I was startled by seeing what I thought was an Indian encampment, covered with a red flag, on the bank, and exclaimed, Camp! to my comrades. I was slow to discover that it was a red maple changed by the frost.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)