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Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by women, was determined… — J. Christopher Herold
Even in name, he seems like a Victorian oddity. "Igor, fetch 'the Crouch' from the catacombs, we're going to the graveyard". — Russell Brand
I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementarily adjusted,… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like -… — Neil Gaiman
I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down. — Britt Ekland
Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength that's very romantic… — Stephen Moyer
If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll want to join… — Unknown Author
My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The figures… — Lori Earley
In large Victorian houses with many rooms and heavy doors, the occupants could be mysterious and exciting to one another in a way that those… — Gore Vidal
Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would… — C. E. M. Joad
It is no accident that the Victorian age, the heyday of conventionalism, was the cultural bloom of economic liberalism. — Gunnar Myrdal
When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not… — Leland Ryken
There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all the movies have… — John Landis
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have… — Olive Ann Burns
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. — Lytton Strachey
It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for… — Chris Patten
Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs. — Nicolas Roeg
We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic… — Ken Follett
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London… — Alan Bradley
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. — Stephen Gardiner
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play… — D. A. Carson
You have to put yourself to one side and get away from the 'Victorian poet' model where you are the universe. You have to do… — Peter Wolf
If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the… — Ricky Gervais
In Scripture the visitation of an angel is always alarming; it has to begin by saying 'Fear not.' The Victorian angel looks as if it… — Kathryn Lindskoog
I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era. — Annie Lennox

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