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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... hear With weaker passion will affect the heart , Than when the faithful eye beholds the part . FRANCIS ' Horace . 7. Lo , where the stage , the poor , degraded stage , Holds its warp'd mirror to a gaping age ; There , where to raise the ...
... hear With weaker passion will affect the heart , Than when the faithful eye beholds the part . FRANCIS ' Horace . 7. Lo , where the stage , the poor , degraded stage , Holds its warp'd mirror to a gaping age ; There , where to raise the ...
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... bid be quiet when we hear it cry ; But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain , As much or more we should ourselves complain . SHAKSPEARE . 24 ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 5. ' Tis strange how ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 23.
... bid be quiet when we hear it cry ; But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain , As much or more we should ourselves complain . SHAKSPEARE . 24 ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 5. ' Tis strange how ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 23.
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... tears those eyes must know ; But sweeter still to hear thee say , Thou never hadst them flow . BULWER . MRS . C. H. W. ESLING 6. How cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed ! 7. Oh , if there were one gentle eye To.
... tears those eyes must know ; But sweeter still to hear thee say , Thou never hadst them flow . BULWER . MRS . C. H. W. ESLING 6. How cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed ! 7. Oh , if there were one gentle eye To.
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... hear the watch - dog's honest bark Bay deep - mouth'd welcome , as we draw near home . BYRON'S Don Juan . 18. They revel , rest , then fearless , hopeless , die . C. SPRAGUE . 19. The brindled catamount , that lies High in the boughs to ...
... hear the watch - dog's honest bark Bay deep - mouth'd welcome , as we draw near home . BYRON'S Don Juan . 18. They revel , rest , then fearless , hopeless , die . C. SPRAGUE . 19. The brindled catamount , that lies High in the boughs to ...
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... hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE . 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside . 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart , distrusting , asks if this be joy ...
... hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE . 14. Be not the first by whom the new is tried , Nor yet the last to lay the old aside . 15. And even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart , distrusting , asks if this be joy ...
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