A Simple Story Quotes

“For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone, Rushbrook, to his shame, was proficient.”
― Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story

“Here the strong glow of joy, and of gratitude, for an opinion so negligently, and yet so sincerely expressed, flew to Miss Milner's face, neck, and even to her hands and fingers; the blood mounted to every part of her skin that was visible, for not a fibre but felt the secret transport, that Dorriforth thought her more beautiful than the beautiful Miss Fenton.”
― Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story