We naturally remembered Alexander Henry's Adventures here, as a sort of classic among books of American travel.... He is a travele...r who does not exaggerate, but writes for the information of his readers, for science, and for history. His story is told with as much good faith and directness as if it were a report to his brother traders, or the Directors of the Hudson's Bay Company, and is fitly dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. It reads like the argument to a great poem on the primitive state of the country and its inhabitants.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the fac...e. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said "Box about: 'twill come to my father anon."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?... How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care? Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn: Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The fact alone that both, like Chatham before them, were great war ministers, links their names inseparably. Beyond that, they sha...red many qualities in common: unquenchable vitality, restless energy, personal magnetism, and an inspiring power of oratory. They were alike also in their defects: opportunism, total lack of consideration for others, and a degree of egotism that can only be termed infantile. Lloyd George, however, whom Lord Haldane once called "an illiterate with an unbalanced mind," lacked both the versatility and the intellectual power of Churchill. Where Sir Winston found relaxation in Macauley or Gibbon, Lloyd George in his prime amused himself with cheap detective fiction. The latter, cast in an inferior mold, lacked also the personal courage of his younger colleague and successor.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Princess Dala: If I were my father, I'd have you tortured. Sir Charles: No, if you were your father I doubt very much if I wo...uld have kissed you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Simone Clouseau: Jacques would make a wonderful father. He has many redeeming qualities, you know. Sir Charles: Name one. .../>Simone Clouseau: Oh, he's kind, loyal, faithful, obedient. Sir Charles: You're either married to a boy scout or a dachshund.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sir Charles: Aren't you drinking? Princess Dala: I don't drink.... Sir Charles: Never? Princess Dala: I'm quite content with reality, I have no need for escape. Sir Charles: Well, I enjoy reality as much as the next man, it's just in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »