"Alexanders" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... he) I am rejoiced to see you — How long have you been come from abroad? — How did you leave our good friends the Dutch? The king of Prussia don't think of another war, ah? — He's a great king! a great conqueror! a very great conqueror! Your Alexanders and Hannibals were nothing, at all to him, sir — Corporals! drummers! dross! mere trash — Damned trash, heh?' — His grace being by this time out of breath, my uncle took the opportunity to tell him he had not been out of England, that his name ...
— The Expedition of Humphry Clinker • Tobias Smollett
... A collection of Alexanders from J.B. Collamer, of Hilton, will serve as an illustration of the advantages of picking at the proper time, handling with care and placing in cold storage immediately. These apples were exhibited for a week at the State Fair held at Syracuse ...
— New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 - Report of the New York State Commission • DeLancey M. Ellis
... with whirlwinds' sweeping All life on earth to that place doth fly, Where not a sound to the ear is creeping, Where not a tongue moves to make reply. My foot meanders— And kings and heroes, And Alexanders, And wicked Neros, And princes, lofty in might and lust, Are all ...
— The Angel of Death • Johan Olof Wallin
... our fathers of old— Excellent herbs to ease their pain— Alexanders and Marigold, Eyebright, Orris, and Elecampane, Basil, Rocket, Valerian, Rue, (Almost singing themselves they run) Vervain, Dittany, Call-me-to-you— Cowslip, Melilot, Rose of the Sun. Anything green that grew out of the mould Was an excellent herb ...
— Rewards and Fairies • Rudyard Kipling
... dominate the city, although they lived in bitter rivalry, as Charteris whispered to Robert. There were also Wattses and Morrises and Crugers and Waltons and Van Rensselaers, Van Cortlandts and Kennedys and Barclays and Nicolls and Alexanders, and numerous others that endured for generations in New York. The diverse origin of these names, English, Scotch, Dutch and Huguenot French, showed even at such an early date the cosmopolitan nature of New York that ...
— The Shadow of the North - A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign • Joseph A. Altsheler |
