Famous quotes containing the word sweet:
“Then Englands ground, farewell. Sweet soil, adieu,
My mother and my nurse that bears me yet!
Where eer I wander, boast of this I can:
Though banished, yet a true-born Englishman.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“It was a sweet viewsweet to the eye and the mind. British verdure, British culture, British comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free:
Such sweet neglect more taketh me,
Than all the adulteries of art;
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 15721637)
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