For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my.…

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One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the...

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the...

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there...

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there...

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a...

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a...

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of...

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of...

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for...

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for...

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

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

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will...

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will...

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no...

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no...

For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.

For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when...

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when...

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are...

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are...

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and,...

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and,...

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman...

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman...

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few...

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few...

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions...

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions...

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social...

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social...

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes...

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes...

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no...

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no...