James Sheridan Knowles

(1784–1862) Writer Ireland

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James Sheridan Knowles was a writer from Ireland, best known for The hunchback.

Quick Facts About James Sheridan Knowles

Born: May 12, 1784
Died: November 30, 1862
Nationality: Ireland
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The hunchback

About James Sheridan Knowles

James Sheridan Knowles was an Irish dramatist and actor. A relative of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Knowles enjoyed success writing plays for the leading West End theatres. Later in his career he also produced several novels.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Sheridan Knowles

Extremes are ever neighbors; 'tis a step from one to the other.

James Sheridan Knowles

Extremes

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The herald, earth-accredited, of heaven,--which when men hear, they think upon heaven's king, and run the items over of the account to…

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Accounts

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What delight To back the flying steed, that challenges The wind for speed! - seems native more of air Than earth! -…

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Air

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Find earth where grows no weed, and you may find a heart wherein no error grows.

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Earth

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Wedlock joins nothing, if it joins not hearts.

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Heart

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A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence.

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Fine

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The longest time that man may live, The lapse of generations of his race, The continent entire of time itself, Bears not…

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Bears

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Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would…

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Brother

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Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them.

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Domesticity

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