Famous quotes containing the words rising and/or accent:
“... such is the horrible idea that I entertain respecting a life of servitude, that if I conceived of there being no possibility of my rising above the condition of servant, I would gladly hail death as a welcome messenger.”
—Maria Stewart (1803–1879)
“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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