Quotes by : Mrs. Oliphant

There is a great deal in choosing colours that go well with one's complexion. People think of that for....

He was highly spoken of, everybody knew; but nobody knew who had spoken highly of him…

In the park which surrounded our house were the ruins of the former mansion of Brentwood, a much smaller....

Then there rose up before her a vision of a parish saved, a village reformed, a county reorganised, and....

As Sandy and his wife warmed to the tale, one tripping up another in their eagerness to tell everything,....

This was true enough, though it did not throw any light upon my perplexity. If we had heard of it to....

... Miss Marjoribanks was of the numerous class of religionists who keep up civilities with heaven, and....

The village lay in the hollow, and climbed, with very prosaic houses, the other side. Village architecture....

As she stepped into the steamboat at Dover which was to convey her to scenes so new, Lucilla felt more....

And there has been no attempt to investigate it,' I said, 'to see what it really is?''Eh, Cornel,' said....