Famous quotes containing the words james and/or england:
“She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Tried by a New England eye, or the more practical wisdom of modern times, they are the oracles of a race already in its dotage; but held up to the sky, which is the only impartial and incorruptible ordeal, they are of a piece with its depth and serenity, and I am assured that they will have a place and significance as long as there is a sky to test them by.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)