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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... Death . 171 Enthusiasm 175 Envy Decay 180 Equality Deceit 181 Error . Declaration 184 Esteem Defiance 185 Eternity . Delay . 186 Etiquette Delicacy 187 Evening . Design 188 Example Despair 188 Excellence . Destiny 191 Excess ...
... Death . 171 Enthusiasm 175 Envy Decay 180 Equality Deceit 181 Error . Declaration 184 Esteem Defiance 185 Eternity . Delay . 186 Etiquette Delicacy 187 Evening . Design 188 Example Despair 188 Excellence . Destiny 191 Excess ...
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... death . 5. Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres , and shouting crowds , And made even thick - lipp'd , musing melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware . 6 . TICKELL . BLAIR'S Grave ...
... death . 5. Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres , and shouting crowds , And made even thick - lipp'd , musing melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware . 6 . TICKELL . BLAIR'S Grave ...
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... 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 beauty I remember yet ...
... 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 beauty I remember yet ...
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... death , With so great labour and long - lasting pain- As if life's days for ever should remain ? SPENSER'S Ruins of Time . 2. Vaulting ambition overleaps itself . 3. Seeking the bubble Reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . SHAKSPEARE ...
... death , With so great labour and long - lasting pain- As if life's days for ever should remain ? SPENSER'S Ruins of Time . 2. Vaulting ambition overleaps itself . 3. Seeking the bubble Reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . SHAKSPEARE ...
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... death in various forms , dark snares , and dogs , And more unpitying man . THOMSON'S Seasons . 11. And , scorning all the taming arts of man , THOMSON'S Seasons . The keen hyena , fellest of the fell . 12. The lively , shining leopard ...
... death in various forms , dark snares , and dogs , And more unpitying man . THOMSON'S Seasons . 11. And , scorning all the taming arts of man , THOMSON'S Seasons . The keen hyena , fellest of the fell . 12. The lively , shining leopard ...
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