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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... Dishonesty 201 Displeasure 201 Disposition 114 Fairies . Dissension . 203 Faith . Distance 203 Falsehood Domestic Affairs . 204 Fame .... Doubt 161 Fancy Drama 17 Farewell Dreams 206 Farmer Fashion 43 Fate . 191 Habit . Father 265 Hair.
... Dishonesty 201 Displeasure 201 Disposition 114 Fairies . Dissension . 203 Faith . Distance 203 Falsehood Domestic Affairs . 204 Fame .... Doubt 161 Fancy Drama 17 Farewell Dreams 206 Farmer Fashion 43 Fate . 191 Habit . Father 265 Hair.
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... Fame , immortality - these are its crown ; Would'st thou illumine the tablets of story ? — Build on achievements thy doom of renown . From the German . 8. Seize , mortals , seize the transient hour : Improve each moment as it flies ...
... Fame , immortality - these are its crown ; Would'st thou illumine the tablets of story ? — Build on achievements thy doom of renown . From the German . 8. Seize , mortals , seize the transient hour : Improve each moment as it flies ...
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... fame . SHAKSPEARE . 6. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour , The path of glory leads but to the grave ! 7. What various wants on power attend ...
... fame . SHAKSPEARE . 6. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour , The path of glory leads but to the grave ! 7. What various wants on power attend ...
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... fame exceeds The generous warmth which prompts to worthy deeds , That none confess fair Virtue's genuine power , Or woo her to their breasts without a dower . GIFFORD'S Juvenal . 13. But glory's glory ; and if you would find What that ...
... fame exceeds The generous warmth which prompts to worthy deeds , That none confess fair Virtue's genuine power , Or woo her to their breasts without a dower . GIFFORD'S Juvenal . 13. But glory's glory ; and if you would find What that ...
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... fame on his forefathers ' feet , By heraldry proved valiant or discreet ! 15. E'en to the dullest peasant standing by , Who fasten'd still on him a wandering eye , He seem'd the master spirit of the land . 16. Even to the delicacy of ...
... fame on his forefathers ' feet , By heraldry proved valiant or discreet ! 15. E'en to the dullest peasant standing by , Who fasten'd still on him a wandering eye , He seem'd the master spirit of the land . 16. Even to the delicacy of ...
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