"[The Russians] dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel."

"The impression produced by the size of his extremities, and by his flapping and wide projecting ears, may be removed …"

"I saw a steady stream of men covered with mud, soaked through with rain, who were pouring irregularly, without any se…"

"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."

"No human vanity can be more pitiable than that of seeking to give an eternity of preservation to particles of dust, w…"

"You've heard, I suppose, long ago, How the snakes, in a manner most antic, He march'd to the County Mayo, And trundle…"

"Marrying girls is a nice matter always; for they are as cautious as crows plundering a corn-field. ... I don't myself…"