Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers."

"I consuming fire Felt daily in my veins to see my race Emerge from out the foul defiling mire Of animal enjoyments that debase Their nature, and well-nigh its lineaments efface.

"I will therefore conclude with a wish, that my readers may enjoy the feast with the same good humor with which I have prepared it.... Those with keen appetites will partake of...

"I am indeed poor, and shall always be so until the Bible is published in Bengali and Hindostani, and the people want no further instruction."--_Dr. William Carey, Letter from I...

"I have never heard his equal; I can furnish you with no adequate idea of his powers as an orator; we have not a man among us that will support anything like a comparison with h...

"Secure to yourself a livelihood independent of literary success, and put into this lottery only the overplus of time. Woe to him who depends wholly on his pen! Nothing is more...

"Not mine the soul that pants not after fame-- Ambitious of a poet's envied name, I haunt the sacred fount, athirst to prove The grateful influence of the stream I love."

"Crispin's sons Have from uncounted time, with ale and buns, Cherished the gift of song, which sorrow quells; And, working single in their low-built cells, Oft cheat the tedium...

"A young lady once said to him, 'O Mr. Pounds, I wish you were rich, you would do so much good!' The old man paused a few seconds and then replied, 'Well, I don't know; if I had...

"Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one nutters in brocade...

assembled; and as no preacher had made his appearance, the clergyman concluded that fear had kept him away, and was about to order the people to their homes when Bradburn remark...