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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... POPE'S Essay on Man . 10. Oh sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise By mountains piled on mountains to the skies ? Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . POPE'S Essay on Man . 11 ...
... POPE'S Essay on Man . 10. Oh sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise By mountains piled on mountains to the skies ? Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . POPE'S Essay on Man . 11 ...
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... an admirer , or would fix a friend : Abstract what others feel , what others think , All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink . POPE'S Essay on Man . 5. He spoke , and bow'd ; with muttering jaws The wondering circle grinn'd applause ...
... an admirer , or would fix a friend : Abstract what others feel , what others think , All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink . POPE'S Essay on Man . 5. He spoke , and bow'd ; with muttering jaws The wondering circle grinn'd applause ...
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... POPE'S Essay on Criticism . 10. Who shall decide when doctors disagree , And soundest casuists doubt , like you and me ? POPE'S Moral Essays . 11. Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , We find our tenets just the same at last .
... POPE'S Essay on Criticism . 10. Who shall decide when doctors disagree , And soundest casuists doubt , like you and me ? POPE'S Moral Essays . 11. Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , We find our tenets just the same at last .
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... an hour ; And beauty , blemish'd once , for ever's lost , In spite of physic , painting , pain , and cost . 3. All orators are dumb when beauty ... POPE'S Essay on Criticism . 80 BEAUTY . 7. If to her share some female BEAST - BEAUTY . 79.
... an hour ; And beauty , blemish'd once , for ever's lost , In spite of physic , painting , pain , and cost . 3. All orators are dumb when beauty ... POPE'S Essay on Criticism . 80 BEAUTY . 7. If to her share some female BEAST - BEAUTY . 79.
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... POPE'S Essay on Man . 3. Christians have burn'd each other , well persuaded That the apostles would have done as they did . BYRON'S Don Juan . 4. Shall I ask the brave soldier , who fights by my side In the cause of mankind , if our ...
... POPE'S Essay on Man . 3. Christians have burn'd each other , well persuaded That the apostles would have done as they did . BYRON'S Don Juan . 4. Shall I ask the brave soldier , who fights by my side In the cause of mankind , if our ...
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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