“ The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards they will be dissipated lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world or sunk… Maria Edgeworth
“ In real friendship the judgment the genius the prudence of each party become the common property of both. Maria Edgeworth
“ First and foremost, they had the curses of the country: and Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the new heir, in the next place, on account of this affront to the body, refused to pay a shilling of the debts, in wh… Maria Edgeworth
“ The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but if we consider it in a proper point of view, this taste… Maria Edgeworth
