Englishmen are said to love their laws; - that is the reason, I suppose, they give us so many of them, and in different editions.
Anna Letitia BarbauldChild of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?
Anna Letitia BarbauldTime deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy.
Anna Letitia BarbauldThe best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend.
Anna Letitia BarbauldLet us confess a truth, humiliating to human pride; - a very small part only of the opinions of the coolest philosopher are the result of fair reasoning; the rest are formed by his education, his temperament, by the age in which he lives, by trains of thought directed to a particular track through some accidental association - in short, by prejudice.
Anna Letitia Barbauld