“There is such a difference between life and theory.”
Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn
Source: Phineas Finn (1869), Ch. 40
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Phineas Finn is a novel by Anthony Trollope and the name of its leading character. The novel was first published as a monthly serial from October 1867 to May 1868 in St Paul's Magazine. It is the second of the "Palliser" series of novels. Its sequel, Phineas Redux, is the fourth novel in the series. The character of Phineas Finn is said to have been partly inspired by Sir John Pope Hennessy , a Roman Catholic from Cork, who was elected as an "Irish Nationalist Conservative" Member of Parliament for King's County in 1859.
“She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.”
Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn
Source: Phineas Finn (1869), Ch. 57
Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn
Ch. 72 http://books.google.com/books?id=Jy1MAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Money+is+neither+god+nor+devil+that+it+should+make+one+noble+and+another+vile+It+is+an+accident+and+if+honestly+possessed+may+pass+from+you+to+me+or+from+me+to+you+without+stain%22&pg=PA269#v=onepage, St. Paul's Magazine, April 1869 http://books.google.com/books?id=wkBJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Money+is+neither+god+nor+devil+that+it+should+make+one+noble+and+another+vile+It+is+an+accident+and+if+honestly+possessed+may+pass+from+you+to+me+or+from+me+to+you+without+stain%22&pg=PA126#v=onepage <br class="br">Phineas Finn (1869)
“It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.”
Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn
Source: Phineas Finn (1869), Ch. 13
