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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... Hatred . Feasting 4.9 Health Features 250 Heart . Feeling 268 Heaven Festivity 209 Hell .... Fickleness 270 Hermit . Fighting 74 History Firmness 193 Home Fishing 270 Honesty . Flag .. 71 Honor Flattery 274 Hope ... Flowers 277 Horse ...
... Hatred . Feasting 4.9 Health Features 250 Heart . Feeling 268 Heaven Festivity 209 Hell .... Fickleness 270 Hermit . Fighting 74 History Firmness 193 Home Fishing 270 Honesty . Flag .. 71 Honor Flattery 274 Hope ... Flowers 277 Horse ...
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... hatred turn'd . 8. Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms At once discharg'd , grow cool again and calm . CONGREVE . C. JOHNSON . 9. When anger rushes unrestrain❜d to action , Like a ...
... hatred turn'd . 8. Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms At once discharg'd , grow cool again and calm . CONGREVE . C. JOHNSON . 9. When anger rushes unrestrain❜d to action , Like a ...
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... hate mankind pretend , Seek 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 ...
... hate mankind pretend , Seek 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 ...
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... hate ; Still are they found in the fair face of day , And heaven and men are judges of their actions . 7. " T is great , ' t is manly to disdain disguise ; It shows our spirit , or it proves our strength . ROWE . YOUNG'S Night Thoughts ...
... hate ; Still are they found in the fair face of day , And heaven and men are judges of their actions . 7. " T is great , ' t is manly to disdain disguise ; It shows our spirit , or it proves our strength . ROWE . YOUNG'S Night Thoughts ...
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... hating life , Speechless and fix'd in all the death of woe . THOMSON'S Seasons . 3. Were his eyes open ? Yes , and his mouth too ; — Surprise has this effect , to make one dumb , Yet leave the gate , which eloquence slips through , As ...
... hating life , Speechless and fix'd in all the death of woe . THOMSON'S Seasons . 3. Were his eyes open ? Yes , and his mouth too ; — Surprise has this effect , to make one dumb , Yet leave the gate , which eloquence slips through , As ...
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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