“ What?' He cried, darting at him a look of fury: 'Dare you still implore the Eternal's mercy? Would you feign penitence, and again act an Hypocrite's part? Villain, resign your hopes of pardon. Thus I… Matthew Lewis
“ I beheld before me an animated Corse. Her countenance was long and haggard; Her cheeks and lips were bloodless; The paleness of death was spread over her features, and her eye-balls fixed stedfastly u… Matthew Lewis
“ I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things. Matthew Lewis
“ Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book,I see thee cast a wishful look,Where reputations won and lost areIn famous row called Paternoster.Incensed to find your precious olioBuried in unexplored port-folio… Matthew Lewis
“ I have abandoned the world and its delights for ever: Nothing now remains, Nothing now has charms for me, but your friendship, but your affection. If I lose that, Father! Oh! if I lose that, tremble a… Matthew Lewis
“ She was wise enough to hold her tongue. As this is the only instance known of a Woman's ever having done so, it was judged worthy to be recorded here. Matthew Lewis
“ Your heart new to the world, and full of warmth and sensibility, receives its first impressions with eagerness. Artless yourself, you suspect not others of deceit; and viewing the world through the me… Matthew Lewis
“ Pity is a sentiment so natural, so appropriate to the female character, that it is scarcely a merit for a Woman to possess it, but to be without it is a grievous crime. Matthew Lewis
“ Did she know the inexpressible charm of modesty, how irresistibly it enthralls the heart of man, how firmly it charms him to the throne of beauty Matthew Lewis
“ No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in movement: I am not permitted to pass more than a fortnight in the same place. I have no Friend in the worl… Matthew Lewis
“ Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget it, or bear to be wholly forgotten by it. Disgusted at the guilt or absurdity of Mankind, the Misan… Matthew Lewis
“ Open your eyes, Ambrosio, and be prudent. Hell is your lot; You are doomed to eternal perdition; Nought lies beyond your grave but a gulph of devouring flames. Matthew Lewis
“ May I not safely credit her assertions? Will it not be easy for me to forget her sex, and still consider her as my Friend and my disciple? Surely her love is as pure as She describes. Had it been the… Matthew Lewis
“ Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness and virtue, but would not! You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murdere… Matthew Lewis
“ Extreme in hating and in loving; Abhorring all whom I dislike, Adoring who my fancy strike;In forming judgements never long,And for the most part judging wrong; Matthew Lewis
