George Payne Rainsford James Quotes & Sayings

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. — George Payne Rainsford James

The taste for luxuries increases with marvelous rapidity under indulgence.
("A Night In An Old Castle") — George Payne Rainsford James

How came she by her death? How came she there? Was she slain by accident, or had she met with violence? were the questions that pressed upon our thoughts. But we said little then and after a time left her where we found her. It mattered not to her that the bed was hard or the air cold.
("A Night In An Old Castle") — George Payne Rainsford James