Anthony Trollope - The Warden (1855)

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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

Anthony Trollope

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

Anthony Trollope

He was not so anxious to prove himself right, as to be so.

Anthony Trollope

The tenth Muse who now governs the periodical press.

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The Rev. Septimus Harding was, a few years since, a beneficed clergyman residing in the cathedral town of _____; let us call it Barchester. Were we to name Wells or Salisbury, Exeter, Hereford, or Gloucester, it might be presumed that something personal was intended; and as this tale will refer mainly to the cathedral dignitaries of the of the town in question, we are anxious that no personality may be suspected.

Anthony Trollope

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

Anthony Trollope