Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferieswas an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 November 1848
looks
The heart looks into space to be away from earth.
beck endure people rush
There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance.
believes descent entitled large man trace
Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes that he is entitled to a large property in Chancery, or elsewhere, as the heir.
life
Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
almost betrays dress good labourer regulation sunday
Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
beauty believe human utmost
I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.
endure likes
Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her.
charm gives
If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest.
belief haunt mankind places since special
Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.
alone delicious great
Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
advantage enormous equal evil good hands moment offers power printing puts science
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.
broader deeper desire hope
I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
effect power
Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
alone attending attract fact logical looks marked mind perhaps phenomena remarkable round stands strictly strongly
When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by its strongly marked prominence is the remarkable loneliness of man. He stands alone.