"Proud Queen of isles! Thou sittest vast, alone, A host of vassals bending round thy throne: Like some fair swan that …"

"And, oh Britannia! should'st thou cease to ride Despotic Empress of old Ocean's tide;— Should thy tam'd Lion—spent hi…"

"One flower is always best; And, hidden near the nest, One bird of all the brood Will sanctify the wood."

"What shall I wish you Robbie Croll— A girl, a book, or wine? For sages tell, who these control Shall taste of the div…"

"With our first issue begins a new departure in journalism ... The public eye rejects as uninteresting more than half …"

"You can never be kind to a woman with impunity."

"God is always doing something for the daily newspapers."

"You get what you give. Print pearls and they’ll shower you with jewels. Print tripe and you’ll get an avalanche of it."

"The popular idea of an advocate of women's rights is this:—she is an angular hard-featured withered creature with a s…"