Partridges Quotes
- A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to… — Jonathan Swift
- A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope… — C. D. Darlington
- What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity… — Henry David Thoreau
- Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this world were shooting… — Thomas Carlyle
- A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin