"King" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... we should expect. On the occasion of a call for instructions to the first Virginia delegates to Congress respecting an address to the King, Jefferson drew up a paper, which, though greatly admired, was thought too bold. In one passage he goes beyond his masters, and says,—"For the most trifling reasons, and sometimes for no conceivable ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 • Various
... loose from his early engine-company associations; he is reserved and reticent at all times, and rarely seeks contact with the Democratic masses; he covets seclusion and respectability; apparently he has sought to be Warwick rather than King, and his followers credit him with a masterly performance of the part. One of his earliest acts as President of the Park Commission was to oust Fred. Law Olmstead, and shelve Andrew H. Green, the actual creators ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe
... your little boat To sail across the sea; There's only room for king and queen— For Johnny and for me. And, Johnny dear, I'm not afraid Of any wind or tide, For I am always safe, my dear, If you are by ...
— Very Short Stories and Verses For Children • Mrs. W. K. Clifford
... English mint the coinage. The purse of England, compared to that of the Ulster princes, was inexhaustible. Yet for nine years the courage, the chivalry, the daring and skill of these northern clansmen, perhaps 20,000 men in all, held all the might of England at bay. Had the Spanish king at any time during the contest made good his promise to lend effective aid to the Irish princes, O'Neill would have driven Elizabeth from Ireland, and a sovereign State would today be the guardian of the freedom of the western seas for Europe and the world. It took "the best army ...
— The Glories of Ireland • Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
... up a herd-laddie," proceeded Donal, "an' whiles a shepherd ane. For mony a year I kent mair aboot the hill-side nor the ingle-neuk. But it's the same God an' Father upo' the hill-side an' i' the king's pailace." ...
— Donal Grant • George MacDonald
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