The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
“On the bus, I pull out my book. It's the best book I've ever read, even if I'm only halfway through. It's… — Fanny Britt Copy Share Image
“He felt as if he'd woken up, weak and confused, only to be told that he'd spent the last three weeks in… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“In her famous proclamation of 1858, Queen Victoria declared that it was the will of the crown saying, “Our subjects, of whatever… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was soot and orphans everywhere, and gaslit cobbled streets full of fog and sinister gentlemen out for a night of illicit… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous."— Queen Victoria” — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job,… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
“A young English couple was visiting with me one summer after I had been composting humanure for about six years. One evening,… — Joseph C. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Henry Gordon Jago: Perhaps [Queen Victoria] has got wind of our exploits, and has decided it's time to mete out the medals… — Jonathan Morris Copy Share Image
More attention should have been given to the fundamental transformation which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, from ruling sovereign to constitutional… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
“It is calculated that George III had an astonishing fifty-six grandchildren. He did not have one legitimate heir. The vision of Charlotte… — Kate Williams Copy Share Image
Queen Victoria loved the French Riviera. She visited on nine occasions and did a great deal to give this area its chic… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Then there's Queen Victoria, like a large tea cosy, & Wellington, sleek as a mastiff with paw extended . . .” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Queen Victoria had the face of an old potato that has sat at the bottom of a bucket too long.” — Jerrod Edson Copy Share Image
“Men never fail to dwell on maternity as a disqualification for the possession of many civil and political rights. Suggest the idea… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere! — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
“For the very first time Andrew realized that life, real life, had no connection with the way people spent their days, whose… — Felix J Palma Copy Share Image
“Brushing dirt from his coat, Sam ignored the wild-eyed looks the other three gave him. Surely a house like this had enough… — Kady Cross Copy Share Image
“Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army… — Qurratulain Hyder Copy Share Image
Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
