Mrs. Oliphant

Quotes

• “Dear Mrs Chiley," said Lucilla, "it doesn't matter in the least what you wear; there are only to be gentlemen, you, know...”
• “Then there rose up before her a vision of a parish saved, a village reformed, a county reorganised, and a triumphant ele...”
• “... Miss Marjoribanks was of the numerous class of religionists who keep up civilities with heaven, and pay all the prop...”
• “As she stepped into the steamboat at Dover which was to convey her to scenes so new, Lucilla felt more and more that she...”