There wasn't room to swing a cat there..

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse..

The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the old city lay red before them,….

And can it be that in a world so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternit….

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons..

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that..

It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that, when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness or affectionate feeling….

"Would you, do you, my dear?" rejoined the Captain ... "I don't know. It's difficult navigation. She's very hard to carry on with, my dear. You never….

I am in the theatrical profession myself, my wife is in the theatrical profession, my children are in the theatrical profession.I had a dog that live….

It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, ….

A good thing can't be cruel..

You are in every line I have ever read..

The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer's morning, is most striking even to the few whose unfortunate p….

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them..

Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace?.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none..

He was by no means opposed to hard labour on principle, for he would work away at a cricket-match by the day together, - running, and catching, and b….

They enter, locking themselves in, descend the rugged steps, and are down in the Crypt. The lantern is not wanted, for the moonlight strikes in at th….

If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live ….

God bless us, every one!.

"She's a very charming and delightful creature," quoth Mr. Robert Sawyer, in reply; "and has only one fault that I know of, Ben. It happens, unfortun….