Quotes about James Payn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought...

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Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position...

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

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

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

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

#James Payn