James Payn English Novelist Quotations

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.

In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.