Tag Archives: Anthony Trollope

In 1874 Trollope was cynical about public events. Have things changed?

In affairs of public interest we often know, or fancy that we know, down to every exact detail, how a thing has been done,– who have given the bribes and who have taken them, — who has told the lie … Continue reading

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“Last days are wretched days…”

Last days are wretched days; and so are last moments wretched moments. It is not the fact that the parting is coming which makes these days and moments so wretched, but the feeling that something special is expected from them, … Continue reading

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What’s going to happen to that “elderly roue” I told you about?

This one, who must remind you of someone currently polluting our lives. What’s going to happen to him? It ain’t good: We know not what may be the nature of that eternal punishment to which those will be doomed who … Continue reading

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