"...the camps of the workmen had also been surrounded by thorn fences; nevertheless the lions managed to jump over or …"

"On this occasion the Hospital Assistant had a marvellous escape. Hearing a noise outside, he opened the door of his t…"

"Shortly after we started one of the Wa Kamba went down to the river's edge to fill his calabash with water, when a cr…"

"An , in the highest sense of that word, cannot be conveyed but by a symbol; and, except in geometry, all symbols of n…"

"“Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.”"

"Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate."

"Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind."

"Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating truth."

"I sought for a subject, that should give equal room and freedom for description, incident, and impassioned reflection…"

"Not the poem which we have read, but that to which we return, with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power…"