1881

Explore 25 quotes from the year 1881

The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in the wash.

Giovanni Verga

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Tired heart The heart

Speaker

Marizza la Longa

Author

Giovanni Verga

Source

The House by the Medlar Tree

Medium

Novel

Language

Italian

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Verga, Giovanni. I Malavoglia. Italy, 1881, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Verga, Giovanni. The House by the Medlar Tree, translated by Raymond Rosenthal. University of California Press, 1984, ch. 11.

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The results would be an Encyclopedia of Error.

Lord Acton

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Topic

Bad ideas Truth and error

Author

Lord Acton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Lord Acton. Letter to Mary Gladstone. 24 Apr. 1881.

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.

John Seeley

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Topic

Imperialism

Author

John Seeley

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Seeley, John. "Tendency in English History." 1881, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK. Lecture.

By the experience of commercial nations in all ages it has been found that gold and silver afford the only safe foundation for a monetary system.

James A. Garfield

Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield

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Topic

Gold standard Monetary policy

Speaker

James A. Garfield

Source

Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Garfield, James A. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1881, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Henry James

The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine

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Topic

Tea

Author

Henry James

Source

The Portrait of a Lady The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

James, Henry. "The Portrait of a Lady." The Atlantic Monthly/Macmillan's Magazine, 1880–81.

Current Citation

James, Henry. The Portrait of a Lady, edited by Roger Luckhurst. Oxford University Press, 2009.