"I am well aware that the path of the biographer is beset with pitfalls, and that, for him, suppressio veri is almost …"

"He tried also to encourage civilised warfare among earthworms, by supplying them with small pieces of pipe, with whic…"

"No one who was not by nature a lover of logic, and an extreme precisian in the use of words and phrases, could have w…"

"Fairies are very shy creatures and prefer to keep themselves hidden from human eyes"

"If you look very carefully, you may see a fairy in your garden"

"The world of fairies is all around us, though we seldom notice it"

"Fairies, elves, mermaids and water-babies inhabit the magical world created by Shirley Barber"

"You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England's an Ile, of stoute and hardie men: Be stronge in faith, your foes d…"

"Before you act, it's Prudence soberly to consider; for after Action you cannot recede without dishonour: Take the Adv…"

"The Wages of Sin is Death; it's poor Wages that will not make a Man live; as Virtue is its own Reward, so Sin is its …"