“Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 56
Quotes from book
The Duke's Children
The Duke's Children is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1879 as a serial in All the Year Round. It is the sixth and final novel of the Palliser series.
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 71
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 26
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 66
“There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 48
Context: "I think it is so glorious," said the American. "There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty."
“Speak to me of honour, of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 61
Context: But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 61
