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She came into the room with an easy gracefulness which would at once command the respect of any lunatic—for easiness is one of the qualities mad people most respect.

I am getting quite uneasy about him, though why I should I do not know, but I do wish that he would write, if it were only a single line

I am deeper in death at this moment than if the weight of an earthly grave lay heavy upon me!

All men are mad in some way or the other; and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen, too—the rest of the world.

His face fell, and I could see a warning of danger in it, for there was a sudden fierce, sidelong look which meant killing.

Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess

a book of magic should be written by a practising magician, rather than a theoretical magician or a historian of magic.

Ha! cried Dr John contemptuously. Magic! That is chiefly used for killing Frenchmen, is it not?

Other countries have stories of kings who will return at times of great need. Only in England is it part of the constitution.

The enormity of this task sometimes makes me feel a little dizzy, but as a scientist and an explorer I have a duty to bear witness to the Splendours of the World.

Other countries," he said, "have stories of kings who will return at times of great need. Only in England is it part of the constitution.

I am surrounded by ancient friends and allies, Rogue, what do you have to counter that? Vinculus thrust out his dirty chin at the gentleman in a gesture of the utmost contempt. A book! he said.

It seemed that it was not only live magicians which Mr. Norrell despised. He had taken the measure of all the dead ones too and found them wanting.

Excess of grief may bring on quite as fine a bout of madness an an excess of any thing else. Truth to tell, I was not quite myself for a time. Truth to tell, I was a little wild.

Several people seized Strange bodily. One man started shaking him vigorously, as though he thought that he might in this way dispel any magic before it took effect.

an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedness of purpose).

Mr Norrell smiled for the first time – but it was an inward sort of smile.

I believe I have made my opinion of him pretty widely known, and though I have done myself no good by my honesty, I am pleased to say that I have done him some harm.

The Pillar of Darkness has been a horror confined to Venice, which seemed - to the Paduans at least - a natural setting for horrors.

Stephen had never seen a landscape so calculated to reduce the onlooker to utter despair in an instant. "This is one of your kingdoms, I suppose, sir?" he said. "My kingdoms?" exclaimed the gentleman in surprize. "Oh, no! This is Scotland!

The little man was all smiling acquiescence.

carving of a fox which carried a baby in its mouth.

His mouth was long and mobile, red and oddly wet.

We lapsed into silence again. There seemed nothing more to say. I was shocked by his description of 16's wickedness. To be opposed to Reason itself!