I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, - mettle and bottom.

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.

I am not blind to the worth of the wonderful gift of 'LEAVES OF GRASS.' I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contribut…

The pattern John Bull of his century, strong as the rhinoceros, and with singular humanities and genialities shining through his thick skin.

The average English critic is a don manque, hopelessly parochial when not exaggeratedly teutonophile, over whose desk must surely hang the motto (presumably in…

Dale Luck looked like your average off the street homeless hippy with long hair and was pretty laid back.