“How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during the next three months, and "sleeps again!” WayDoeBookHappensThreeNextLinesSleepMonthsObscureThree Months Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he receives a pension and equals, it may be, for a few months, the income of a retired butler!” MayMonthsBedFortuneIncomePensWornRetiredGood FortunePensionButlersStumpsDeath Bed Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard