Famous quotes containing the word harte:
“Which I wish to remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar:
Which the same I would rise to explain.”
—Bret Harte (18361902)
“Now, I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent
To say another is an assat least, to all intent;
Nor should the individual who happens to be meant
Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent.”
—Bret Harte (18361902)
“I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James;
I am not up to small deceit, or any sinful games;
And Ill tell in simple language what I know about the row
That broke up our society upon the Stanislow.
But first I would remark, that it is not a proper plan
For any scientific man to whale his fellow-man,”
—Bret Harte (18361902)