“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide swelters round them; the city is buried in a dusky gloom save where the lights begin… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“There is no river in the world to be compared for majesty and the witchery of association, to the Thames; it impresses even the… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Through silent alleys where dark shadows fleeted past them like forest beasts on the prowl; through bustling market-places where bloaters predominated, into crammed gin-palaces… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early potatoes into… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest.” — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
