Sir William Keith

Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or keith:

“A feather bed had every man,
Warm slippers and hot-water can,
Brown windsor from the captain’s store,
A valet, too, to every four.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

“Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
—Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)