Famous quotes containing the words nicholas and/or crabbe:
“on a Saterday
This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
Accorded been to this conclusioun,
That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Habit with him was all the test of truth,
It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)