Charles Eliot Quotes & Sayings

And therefore as soon as the storm began to assuage of his fury (which was a long half hour) willing to give his men no longer leisure to demur of those doubts, nor yet allow the enemy farther respite to gather themselves together, he stept forward commanding his brother, with JOHN OXNAM and the company appointed them, to break the King's Treasure house: the — Charles Eliot

The warders of the gate but scarce maintain Th' unequal combat, and resist in vain. — Charles Eliot

Experience on a former occasion teaches us not to be too sanguine in such hopes. It — Charles Eliot

Gifted with a liberty they know not how to use; with a power and energy they know not how to apply; with a life whose purpose and aim they comprehend not; they drag through their useless and convulsed existence. Byron — Charles Eliot