She was the elder daughter of a county gentleman, her clothes came from the best places, she took all the extras, rode, swam, hunted—with no more thought of ways and means than her present appearance led one to suppose.
— from The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Baillie, Mrs.
It is not to be said that there is no difference between men; that one is not more powerful than another; that one is not richer in genius than another; that one is not more valuable to society than another; that education, refinement, skill, experience, give no precedence over their negatives.
— from Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City by Henry Ward Beecher
Coleridge, Early Recollections of , by Joseph Cottle, 139 n., 140 n., 151 n., 219 n., 232 n., 251 n., 616 n., 617 n., 633 n. Coleridge, Life of , by James Gillman, 3, 20 n., 23 n., 24 n., 45 n., 46 n., 171 n., 257, 680 n., 761 n. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor , by James Dykes Campbell, 269 n., 527 n., 572 n., 600 n., 631 n., 653 n., 666 n., 667 n., 674 n., 681 n., 684 n., 698 n., 752 n., 753 n., 772 n. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, and the English Romantic School , by Alois Brandl, 258, 674 n., 740 n. Coleridge, S. T., Letters, Conversations, and Recollections of , by Thomas Allsop, 41 n., 527 n., 675 n.; the publication of, regarded by C.’s friends as an act of bad faith, 696 and note, 721 n.; 698 n. Coleridge, S. T., Spiritual Philosophy, founded on the Teaching of , by J. H. Green,
— from Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The seer said this in a tone so hollow and energetic, and with a look of such thrilling awe, that even Rodolf shuddered.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
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