James Thomas Fields Quotes

Famous Quotes by James Thomas Fields

• ""I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the barber kept on shaving."  —James Thomas Fields on Criticism
• "A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm."  —James Thomas Fields on Luck
• ""Paint me as I am," said Cromwell, "Rough with age and gashed with wars; Show my visage as you find it, Less than truth my soul abhors.""  —James Thomas Fields on Painting

Wikiquote Article on James Thomas Fields

James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 â" April 24, 1881), was an American publisher and author.

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• Just then, with a wink and a sly normal lurch,

The owl very gravely got down from his perch, Walked round, and regarded his fault-finding critic (Who thought he was stuffed) with a glance analytic.

• • The Owl-Critic.
• "Iâm an owl; youâre another. Sir Critic, good day."
  And the barber kept on shaving.
  • The Owl-Critic.
• Oh, to be home again, home again, home again!
  Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!
  • In a strange Land.
• The skipper stormed and tore his hair,
  Hauled on his boots and roared at Mardenâ"
  "Nantucket's sunk and here we are
  Right over old Marm Hackettâs garden!"
  • The Nantucket Skipper.
• Is nât God upon the ocean
  Just the same as on the land?
  • The Tempest.

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James Thomas Fields

• Works by James T. Fields at Project Gutenberg
• Eli Siegel on Satire Comment on 'The Owl Critic,' satiric poem by James Thomas Fields
• Ballads and other verses, by James T. Fields at the University of Michigan Library