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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... Night .. 363 Nobility . 286 Notoriety . 364 ... Novels ... 250 Novelty 145 Nun ... Love 368 Lust .... 381 Luxury 383 Oaths ..... Obituary Oblivion Madness 385 Obstinacy ... Maledictions 168 Ocean Malice ...... 228 Offence ... Man .. 386 ...
... Night .. 363 Nobility . 286 Notoriety . 364 ... Novels ... 250 Novelty 145 Nun ... Love 368 Lust .... 381 Luxury 383 Oaths ..... Obituary Oblivion Madness 385 Obstinacy ... Maledictions 168 Ocean Malice ...... 228 Offence ... Man .. 386 ...
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... night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . MALLET . YOUNG'S Night Thoughts . 13. Misfortune does not always wait on vice ; Nor is success the constant guest of virtue . 14. I pray thee , deal with men in misery , Like one who may ...
... night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . MALLET . YOUNG'S Night Thoughts . 13. Misfortune does not always wait on vice ; Nor is success the constant guest of virtue . 14. I pray thee , deal with men in misery , Like one who may ...
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... night ! 9. No love is like a sister's love , Unselfish , free , and pure- A flame that , lighted from above , Will guide but ne'er allure . It knows no frown of jealous fear , No blush of conscious guile ; CHARLES SPRAGUE . Its wrongs ...
... night ! 9. No love is like a sister's love , Unselfish , free , and pure- A flame that , lighted from above , Will guide but ne'er allure . It knows no frown of jealous fear , No blush of conscious guile ; CHARLES SPRAGUE . Its wrongs ...
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... night doth take away , Death's second self , that seals up all in rest . SHAKSPEARE . SHAKSPEARE . 4. Age cannot wither her , nor custom stale Her infinite variety . SHAKSPEARE . 5. Old as I am , for ladies ' love unfit , The power of ...
... night doth take away , Death's second self , that seals up all in rest . SHAKSPEARE . SHAKSPEARE . 4. Age cannot wither her , nor custom stale Her infinite variety . SHAKSPEARE . 5. Old as I am , for ladies ' love unfit , The power of ...
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... , and who was the belle ; But each was so happy , and all were so fair , That night stole away , and the dawn caught them there . S. G. GOODRICH . 70 BANISHMENT - EXILE . BANISHMENT - EXILE . 1. BALL - DANCING , & c . 69.
... , and who was the belle ; But each was so happy , and all were so fair , That night stole away , and the dawn caught them there . S. G. GOODRICH . 70 BANISHMENT - EXILE . BANISHMENT - EXILE . 1. BALL - DANCING , & c . 69.
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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