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Brief about James Payn: By info that we know James Payn was born at 1970-01-01. And also James Payn is English Novelist.
Some James Payn's quotes. Goto "James Payn's quotation" section for more.Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar.
Tags: Humble, Literature, PerhapsAnd what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.
Tags: Good, Respect, VerseBut, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
Tags: Effect, Hand, MeansFor my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.
Tags: BoyhoodIn all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.
Tags: Later, Literature, PretenceIn England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
Tags: Education, England, UniversalNor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.
Tags: Country, Fail, SchoolOne forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.
Tags: Critic, Friend, PerhapsA great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.
Tags: Evil, Great, HopeA man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.
Tags: Good, Humanity, LifeA nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.
Tags: Human, Personal, PovertyAs a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
Tags: Good, Keep, TellFor my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.
Tags: Future, Happiness, MindHow large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!
Tags: Food, Good, GreatIt has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet.
Tags: Another, Far, OftenIt is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.
Tags: Few, Reputation, RiskIt is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the sacred writers.
Tags: Great, Present, ThoughIt is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.
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