Quotes from Robert Southey's books, and about them
The Mill on the Floss on The Life of Cowper: “Then followed the recommendation to choose Southey's "Life of Cowper," unless she were inclined to be philosophical, and startle the ladies of St.”
Little Men on Life of Lord Nelson: “Franz was writing, and Emil reading the Life of Lord Nelson, and neither joined the party, but the others thought hard, and when the time was up were ready to reply.”
The Heir of Redclyffe on Thalaba the Destroyer: “impressions which stirred him profoundly. He was just now enchanted with his first reading of'Thalaba,' where he found all manner of deep”