The author of Amelia, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in secret.

There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.

Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and puns…

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.

For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even though you find…

The poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age.

Shakespeare's fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.