Sir John Gresham

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir and/or john:

    “Quit, quit, for shame; this will not move,
    This cannot take her.
    If of herself she will not love,
    Nothing can make her:
    The devil take her!”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
    That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
    —John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

    “It was in and about the Martinmas time,
    When the green leaves were afalling,
    That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country,
    Fell in love with Barbara Allan.”
    —Unknown. Bonny Barbara Allan (l. 1–4)