Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
boats hide ram steal
On moonless nights, they would hide with lanterns to get boats to ram into barges so they could steal from the ships.
farm farmer pulling
This is a pretty serious-minded farm show. But it has to be when you're pulling the farmer away from the farm.
tongue written
She is written in a foreign tongue.
tables elbows courses
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.
delicate pursue prize
Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
learning ideas force
Ideas are, in truth, force.
paris taste merit
...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every kind of habit and taste, and everything is accepted and understood.
cheerful london speak
It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
window attics cracked
Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.
oxford leisure dignity
Oxford lends sweetness to labour and dignity to leisure.
oxford air mind
...The peculiar air of Oxford-the air of liberty to care for the things of the mind assured and secured by machinery which is in itself a satisfaction to sense.
infinite innocent pleasure
Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
illustration media mind
The faculty of attention has utterly vanished from the Anglo-Saxon mind, extinguished at its source by the big bayad?re of journalism, of the newspaper and the picture magazine which keeps screaming, "Look at me." Illustrations, loud simplifications... bill poster advertising ? only these stand a chance.
havens ifs
If you haven't had your life what have you had?