Quotes by James Malcolm Rymer

“Bah!” “Really, uncle, if you say ‘Bah!’ to everything, I cannot go on.” “And what the deuce difference, sir, does it make to you, whether I say ‘Bah!’ or not?” “Well,””

“must have a quid for my quo, as the parsons say.””

“It is,” said Henry, “the portrait of Sir Runnagate Bannerworth, an ancestor of ours, who first, by his vices, gave the great blow to the family prosperity.””

“How different was the funeral of one who had friends. He was alone; none followed, save the undertaker and his attendants, all of whom looked solemn from habit and professional motives. Even the jocose man was a supernaturally solemn as could be well imagined; indeed, nobody knew he was the same man.””

“Tis strange what a change comes over masses of men as they gaze upon a dead body. It may be that they all know that to that complexion they must come at last. This may be the secret of the respect offered to the dead.””

“We are always anxious and willing to give every one credit for the good that is in them; and, hence, we are pleased to find that Sir Francis Varney, despite his singular, and apparently preternatural capabilities, has something sufficiently human about his mind and feelings, to induce him to do as little injury as possible to others in the pursuit of his own objects. Of the two, vampyre as he is, we prefer him much to the despicable and hypocritical Marchdale, who, under the pretence of being the friend of the Bannerworth family, would freely have inflicted upon them the most deadly injuries.””

“No, no – we will not be terrified thus – there is Heaven above us.””

“One glance, one terrified glance, in which her whole soul was concentrated, sufficed to shew her who and what the figure was. There was a tall, gaunt form”

“The man who deserts the good ship that carries him through the waves, or the girl that trusts her heart to him, ought to be chopped up into meat for wild monkeys.””

“It is misfortune and distress that tries love. It is thus that the touchstone is applied to see if it be current gold indeed, or some base metal, which by a superficial glitter imitates it.””

“Society at large is divided into two great classes.""And what may they be?" said the admiral. "Those who have been hanged, and those who have not. Adieu!””

“That dread will not be the less for its postponement.””

“Ask the famished tiger for mercy, when you intrude upon his den.””