A Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts on Every Subject. Compiled from Various Authors, and Arranged Under Appropriate HeadsLindsay & Blakiston, 1848 - 494 pages |
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... Milton and Dante to the ridiculous and common - place subjects of Butler's verse , which may not be appropriately sung " in liquid lines mellifluously bland . " vi PREFACE . It will be perceived that a great 1 * ( v )
... Milton and Dante to the ridiculous and common - place subjects of Butler's verse , which may not be appropriately sung " in liquid lines mellifluously bland . " vi PREFACE . It will be perceived that a great 1 * ( v )
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... MILTON ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY . But this juggler Would think to chain my judgment , as mine eyes , Obtruding false rules prank'd in reason's garb . MILTON'S Comus . 54 ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY . 2. Enjoy thy gay wit 5 * Architecture Chance ...
... MILTON ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY . But this juggler Would think to chain my judgment , as mine eyes , Obtruding false rules prank'd in reason's garb . MILTON'S Comus . 54 ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY . 2. Enjoy thy gay wit 5 * Architecture Chance ...
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... MILTON'S Comus . 5. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord ' may be an owl ; A calf an alderman , a goose a justice , And rooks committee - men and trustees ...
... MILTON'S Comus . 5. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord ' may be an owl ; A calf an alderman , a goose a justice , And rooks committee - men and trustees ...
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... was the sound . Of riot and ill - managed merriment , Such as the jocund flute or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds . MILTON . MILTON'S Comus . 68 BALL - DANCING , & c . 3. Yet BALL - DANCING , & c . 67.
... was the sound . Of riot and ill - managed merriment , Such as the jocund flute or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds . MILTON . MILTON'S Comus . 68 BALL - DANCING , & c . 3. Yet BALL - DANCING , & c . 67.
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... MILTON'S Paradise Lost . 3. When I think of my own native land , In a moment 1 seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair . 4. Ah me ! how oft will fancy's spells , in slumber , Recall my native ...
... MILTON'S Paradise Lost . 3. When I think of my own native land , In a moment 1 seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair . 4. Ah me ! how oft will fancy's spells , in slumber , Recall my native ...
Common terms and phrases
A. B. WELBY AARON HILL beauty BEN JONSON bliss blush bosom breast breath bright brow BUTLER'S Hudibras BYRON'S Childe Harold BYRON'S Corsair BYRON'S Don Juan BYRON'S Giaour CARLOS WILCOX CHARLES SPRAGUE charms cheek clouds COWPER COWPER'S Task dark death doth dreams DRYDEN earth Essay on Criticism fair fame fate fear feel FITZ-GREEN HALLECK flowers fools GAY's Fables glory grace grief hath heart heaven honour hope hour immortal J. T. WATSON JOANNA BAILLIE life's light live lov'd man's Margaret of Anjou MILTON'S Comus MILTON'S Paradise Lost mind MOORE MOORE'S Lalla Rookh N. P. WILLIS ne'er never o'er pain Paradise Lost Parisina passion pleasure POPE POPE'S Essay praise SHAKSPEARE shine Siege of Corinth sigh smile soft sorrow soul SPENSER'S Fairy Queen spirit SPRAGUE'S Curiosity sweet tears thee thine things THOMSON'S Seasons thro virtue young YOUNG'S Night Thoughts youth