Extended excerpt [Fiction]:

“Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. These two charming thrusts subdued if they did not destroy Publicola’s wrath against the baroness, and his heart was now all on a glow.” (p. 15, column 2)

Source link: White Lies (1869) online via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/whiteliesnovel00readrich/page/14

Extended excerpt [Fiction – Chapter I. First lines of the story.]:

“Not a day passes over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs, the greater part will never be known till that day, when many that are great shall be small, and the small great: but of others the world’s knowledge may be said to sleep.” (p. 3)

Source notes: The quote also appeared in an excerpt of “A Good Fight” in the 2 July 1859 edition of the London periodical Once a Week.

[Source: Charles Reade, “A Good Fight” (2 July 1859) Once A Week. An Illustrated Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science, & Popular Information, Vol I, July to December 1859, London: Bradbury & Evans, p. 11, column 1; online via Cornell University & Google Books, books.google.com]

Source link [Featured source]: A Good Fight and Other Tales (1859) online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=2sE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=The+Good+Fight+%2B+Not+a+day+passes+over+the+earth+but+men+and+women+of+no+note+do+great+deeds,+speak+great+words,+and+suffer+noble+sorrows

Source link [Once a Week – July 1859]: “A Good Fight,” in Once a Week (2 July 1859) online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=xJhAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=The+Good+Fight+%2B+Not+a+day+passes+over+the+earth+but+men+and+women+of+no+note+do+great+deeds,+speak+great+words,+and+suffer+noble+sorrows

Extended excerpt [Fiction. Quote appears in chapter XIII in the full-text edition.]:

“Her shallow nature deepened and deepened under this bereavement, of which, she said to herself, with a shudder, she was the cause. And this is the course of nature: there is nothing like suffering to enlighten the giddy brain, widen the narrow mind, improve the trivial heart.” (p. 111, column 2)

Source note: A Simpleton was also published as a serial in English and American monthly magazines. The chapter headings varied according to each publication.  The cited quote was published in the following issues:

Chapter XIV appeared in the April 1873 edition of London Society magazine

[Source: Charles Reade, “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIV (April 1873) London Society, Vol. XXIII, No. CXXXVI,; in volume London Society, Vol. XXIII, London: London Society, p. 289, column 1; online via University of Michigan & Google Books, books.google.com]

Chapter XIII appeared in the May 1873 edition of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine

[Source: Charles Reade, “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIII (May 1873) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. CCLXXVI, May 1873; in volume Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XLVI [December 1872 to May 1873], New York: Harper & Bros., 1873, p. 897, column 1; online via Cornell University & Google Books, books.google.com]

Source link [Featured source]: A Simpleton, and The Wandering Heir (1873 James R. Osgood & Co.) online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=prhUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111&dq=There+is+nothing+like+suffering+to+enlighten+the+giddy+brain,+widen+the+narrow+mind,+improve+the+trivial+heart

Source link [Magazine serial – April 1873]: “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIV (April 1873) London Society; online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=szJKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA289&dq=There+is+nothing+like+suffering+to+enlighten+the+giddy+brain,+widen+the+narrow+mind,+improve+the+trivial+heart

Source link [Magazine serial – May 1873]: “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIII (May 1873) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine; online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=Hoc7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA897&dq=There+is+nothing+like+suffering+to+enlighten+the+giddy+brain,+widen+the+narrow+mind,+improve+the+trivial+heart

Extended excerpt [Fiction]:

“He is not ill – I am. He is paid to take care of me – I am not paid to take care of him,” said the young lord, sententiously.

“I understand,” replied Fitzroy, dryly. “Well, every one for himself, and Providence for all of us – as the elephant said when he danced among the chickens.” (p. 101, column 1)

Source note: A Simpleton was also published as a serial in English and American monthly magazines. The chapter headings varied according to each publication.  The cited quote was published in the following issues:

Chapter XIII appeared in the March 1873 edition of London Society magazine

[Source: Charles Reade, “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIV (March 1873) London Society, Vol. XXIII, No. CXXXVI,; in volume London Society, Vol. XXIII, London: London Society, p. 198, column 1; online via University of Michigan & Google Books, books.google.com]

Chapter XII appeared in the April 1873 edition of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine

[Source: Charles Reade, “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIII (April 1873) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. CCLXXVI, May 1873; in volume Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XLVI [December 1872 to May 1873], New York: Harper & Bros., 1873, p. 744, column 2; online via Cornell University & Google Books, books.google.com]

Source link [Featured source]: A Simpleton, and The Wandering Heir (1873 James R. Osgood & Co.) online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=prhUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101&dq=Well,+every+one+for+himself,+and+Providence+for+all+of+us+%E2%80%93+as+the+elephant+said+when+he+danced+among+the+chickens

Source link [Magazine serial – March 1873]: “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XIII (March 1873) London Society; online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=szJKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=Well,+every+one+for+himself,+and+Providence+for+all+of+us+%E2%80%93+as+the+elephant+said+when+he+danced+among+the+chickens

Source link [Magazine serial – April 1873]: “A Simpleton: A Story of the Day” Chapter XII (April 1873) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine; online via Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=Iq46AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA744&dq=Well,+every+one+for+himself,+and+Providence+for+all+of+us+%E2%80%93+as+the+elephant+said+when+he+danced+among+the+chickens