Quotes Tagged With :victorians

Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights.....

the English explorer Richard Burton told the story of an Englishman finding his new wife unconscious....

WILDE: Oh — Bosie! (He weeps.) I have to go back to him, you know. Robbie will be furious but it can't....

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well....