Bret Harte Middle

Famous quotes containing the words bret harte, bret, harte and/or middle:

    “Drop down, O fleecy Fog and hide
    Her skeptic sneer, and all her pride!”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor,
    And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.”
    —Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “Now, I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent
    To say another is an ass—at least, to all intent;
    Nor should the individual who happens to be meant
    Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent.”
    —Bret Harte (1836–1902)

    “In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)