(32 quotes found)
“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide them all”
William Shakespeare
“There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them.”
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
“We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us, loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe, yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!”
Queen Victoria
“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue”
Thomas Campbell
“And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: / And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.”
Bible
“When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself”
Daniel Webster
“Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.”
John Milton
“And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.”
“My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the warmth of your robe prepare you for what is to come.”
William H. McNeill
“Sometimes it feels like it's Vaudeville up there on the bench, ... The robe is a costume. I'm on an elevated seat. It could be looked at as staging.”
John Wesley
