"Divide not between Protestant and Papist. Divide not nationally, betwixt English and Irish. The King makes no distinction betwixt you."

"The eclipse of the Aborigines was tragic. Could it have been averted? It could have been prevented for a ti…"

"As far as women are concerned, they seem always to have been more clean than the men, except when men paint…"

"Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood wa…"

"It probably won a prize" is a disparaging remark in this book. Why? Because prizes tend to be given for som…"

"I made a very bad mistake; I miscounted these scraps of information on the record as 92, and in continual h…"

"Judged by the evolving nineteenth-century ideology of femininity, which emphasized women’s roles as nurturi…"