I look at them as a child looks at a cake,-with glittering eyes and watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him!

Elizabeth Gaskell

On the books she was planning to read.

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Books

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Letter to George Smith. 4 Aug. 1859.

Current Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell. Mandolin, 1997.

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Another quote from the 1850s

Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic
Lost love Broken heart Love

Author

Alfred Tennyson
Source
In Memoriam A.H.H.
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 27, st. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 27, st. 4.

Another quote about Books

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

Another quote from 1859

An opinion that corn-dealers are starvers of the poor, or that private property is robbery, ought to be unmolested when simply circulated through the press, but may justly incur punishment when delivered orally to an excited mob assembled before the house of a corn-dealer.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Topic
Limits on freedom of speech Freedom of speech and expression

Author

John Stuart Mill
Source
On Liberty
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 3.