Famous quotes containing the words richardson and/or wrote:
“Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“He shall not die, by G—, cried my uncle Toby.
MThe ACCUSING SPIRIT which flew up to heaven’s chancery with the oath, blush’d as he gave it in;—and the RECORDING ANGEL as he wrote it down, dropp’d a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)