The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the... Old Pretender.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James; I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games;... And I'll tell in simple language what I know about the row That broke up our society upon the Stanislow. But first I would remark, that it is not a proper plan For any scientific man to whale his fellow-man,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume ...thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's t...hrone, but even by God himself they are called gods.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon,... My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage, And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »