"Compton" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Spencer Compton, but attracted no regard from him to the author; till Aaron Hill awakened his attention by some verses addressed to Thomson, and published in one of the newspapers, which censured the great for their neglect of ingenious men. Thomson then received a present of twenty guineas, ...
— Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, and Others • Samuel Johnson
... that day; and thereby Compton lost a bet to Gaines. Compton had wagered she would wear light blue, for she knew that was his favorite color, and Compton was a millionaire's son, and that almost laid him open to the charge of betting on a sure thing. But white was ...
— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry
... subserviency of political men was equal to their corruption. When George I died, and it was believed that Sir Spencer Compton would succeed to the power of Sir Robert Walpole, at the king's reception "Sir Robert walked through these rooms as if they had been still empty; his presence, that used to make a crowd wherever he appeared, now emptied every corner he turned to, and the same people who were ...
— A History of English Prose Fiction • Bayard Tuckerman
... calculated to attract attention to the property, and to take every measure to enhance the value of the island and to procure for your grandfather's estate the full benefit of the sale.... I have heard from Mr. Compton that my daughter Tabb has returned to the White House in improved health, which I am very glad of. I hope that you will soon be able to bring her up to see us. Do not wait until the weather becomes too cold. Our mountain ...
— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son
... "Vicar, Compton Dando, Bristol, would Let two Fields, or few Yearlings could run with him."—Bristol Times ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 13, 1917 • Various
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