"Mr. Mumblethumb"

"I am a Virginian, and have a natural right to be a gentleman."

"It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood."

"Coquetry, like a regular army, but with its more formidable implements reserved in the background, is in the front and always ready for action."

"Of course, that he is a poetical phenomenon, as entirely without fault, as is the luxurious paper upon which his poems are invariably borne to the public eye."