For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he receives a pension and equals, it may be, for a few months, the income of a retired butler!
Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking. - Samuel Laman Blanchard
Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking.
- Samuel Laman Blanchard
Man will take anything you like, except warning. - Samuel Laman Blanchard
Man will take anything you like, except warning.
It seems to me that, with but slight reserve and modification, we may apply to our departed friend his own pathetic and beautiful elegy upon another. - Samuel Laman Blanchard
It seems to me that, with but slight reserve and modification, we may apply to our departed friend his own pathetic and beautiful elegy upon another.
How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during the next three month… - Samuel Laman Blanchard
How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during the next three month…
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem: There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground But holds some joy of silence or of sound, Some spirits… - Samuel Laman Blanchard
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem: There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground But holds some joy of silence or of sound, Some spirits…
The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasi… - Samuel Laman Blanchard
The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasi…
Shall we not rejoice then and revel in the glorious liberty of extract, and quote to the thousandth line? Shall we not have pages like the Pyramids? - Samuel Laman Blanchard
Shall we not rejoice then and revel in the glorious liberty of extract, and quote to the thousandth line? Shall we not have pages like the Pyramids?
For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he recei… - Samuel Laman Blanchard
For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he recei…
Social and political life is a Society for the Diffusion of Mendacity . - Samuel Laman Blanchard
Social and political life is a Society for the Diffusion of Mendacity .
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