Temporary Austrian Number

Famous quotes containing the words temporary, austrian and/or number:

    “... spinsterhood [is considered to be] an abnormality of small proportions and small consequence, something like an extra finger or two on the body, presumably of temporary duration, and never of any social significance.”
    —Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)

    “An Austrian army, awfully array’d,
    Boldly by battery besiege Belgrade;
    Cossack commanders cannonading come,
    Deal devastation’s dire destructive doom;”
    —Alaric Alexander Watts (1797–1864)

    “The world is so full of a number of things,
    I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)