Quotes About Casaubon

I never could look on it in the light of a recreation to have my ears teased with measured noises," said Mr Casaubon.

This was the Reverend Edward Casaubon, noted in the county as a man of profound learning, understood for many years to be engaged on a great work concerning religious history; also as a man of wealth enough to give lustre to his piety, and having views of his own which were to be more clearly ascertained on the publication of his book.