James Payn
James Payn
James Payn, was an English novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 February 1830
abortion attempt bring deal determined issues position roberts supreme
It's yet to be determined how Roberts will deal with important decisions. I don't know his position on issues like stem-cell research, abortion or affirmative action. These are things that someone may attempt to bring to the Supreme Court.
english-novelist means occasional precarious
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
careful cases eliminate english-novelist inquiry persons pinch quite various
It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.
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This decision is very critical to the courts, as well as the president with all the other problems concerning public opinion. It's indicated that O'Conner was the swing-voter, so this position is more critical than Roberts'. If I was to advise the president, I would suggest he appoint someone more moderate like O'Conner. I would want someone who may vote with me and the other justices sometimes, and sometimes not.
school
Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.
fell piece
I had never had a piece of toastParticularly long and wide,But fell upon the sanded floor,And always on the buttered side.
fell piece toast
I had never had a piece of toast Particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side.
elsewhere english-novelist literary method
In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
hands literature competence
There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.
men rights preparation
For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.
community literature sooner-or-later
In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.
believe boyhood
For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.
mistake writing men
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
prose verses
And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.