Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic 1877 novel Black Beauty...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth30 March 1820
animals gave given god knowledge lives master men perfect prompt saved
Master said, God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves; but He gave animals knowledge . . . which was much more prompt and perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the lives of men.
suffering black-beauty
What right had they to make me suffer like that?
men hands people
He said cruelty was the devil's own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning, and a tormentor to the end. On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark.
knows
I am never afraid of what I know.
horse
He is called the horse
good-luck heart common-sense
Good Luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.
book water-lily tree
The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.
home apples tree
My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees.
religious believe people
I don't believe in religion, for I don't see that your religious people are any better than the rest.
children cutting would-be
Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God's creatures?
habit easy ifs
If you get into the habit of being quick it is just as easy as being slow.
sports hurt horse
Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men are so fond of this sport; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields, and all for a hare, or a fox, or a stag, that they could get more easily some other way; but we are only horses, and don't know.
men good-man way
If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.
attitude people good-people
It is good people who make good places