"We can judge the intent of the parties only by their words."

"In a certain sense, many of us mutilate the mind and render it impotent, for there is in the nature of man an irresis…"

"Lamb had written to Coleridge about one of their old masters, who had been a severe disciplinarian, intimating that h…"

"Dined at Gooden’s, where I met among others , the Secretary of the . He surprised me by saying that he knew Goethe on…"

"Lamb was the first English writer of eminence whom Crabb Robinson tried to convince of the excellence of Goethe."

"If any tongues more malicious, then discreet, will disable our martialists, and defame our souldiours, and then make …"

"Holding up his right hand, [he] said: "This hand did I put to the plow and got my living by it many years. If it woul…"

"England hath been accounted hitherto the most renowned kingdom for valour and manhood in all Christendom; and shall w…"

"So you, great lord, that with your counsel sway The burden of this kingdom mightily, With like delights sometimes may…"

"The kingdome of Benin [has] a very proper towne of that name, and an haven called Gurte. The inhabitants live in idol…"