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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Page 31
... lost in fire . What was but passion's sigh before , Has since been turn'd to reason's vow , And tho ' I then might love thee more , Yet oh ! I love thee better now ! -I left him in a green old age , And looking like the oak , worn , but ...
... lost in fire . What was but passion's sigh before , Has since been turn'd to reason's vow , And tho ' I then might love thee more , Yet oh ! I love thee better now ! -I left him in a green old age , And looking like the oak , worn , but ...
Page 47
... lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . BYRON'S Corsair . 16. How little do they see what is , who frame Their hasty judgments upon that which seems . 17. The deepest ice that ever froze Can only o'er the surface close ...
... lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . BYRON'S Corsair . 16. How little do they see what is , who frame Their hasty judgments upon that which seems . 17. The deepest ice that ever froze Can only o'er the surface close ...
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... lost his dinner . 17 . 18 . BYRON'S Don Juan . Nothing's more sure at moments to take hold Of the best feelings of mankind , which grow More tender , as we every day behold , Than that all - softening , overpowering knell , The tocsin ...
... lost his dinner . 17 . 18 . BYRON'S Don Juan . Nothing's more sure at moments to take hold Of the best feelings of mankind , which grow More tender , as we every day behold , Than that all - softening , overpowering knell , The tocsin ...
Page 51
... to virtue , and to worthiness . O breath of public praise , Short - liv'd and vain ! oft gain'd without desert , As often lost , unmerited ! SHAKSPEARE . HAVARD . 52 APPLAUSE - POPULARITY . 4. Who most to shun APPLAUSE - POPULARITY . 51.
... to virtue , and to worthiness . O breath of public praise , Short - liv'd and vain ! oft gain'd without desert , As often lost , unmerited ! SHAKSPEARE . HAVARD . 52 APPLAUSE - POPULARITY . 4. Who most to shun APPLAUSE - POPULARITY . 51.
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... lost . You talk to me in parables ; CONGREVE . You may have known that I'm no wordy man : Fine speeches are the instruments of knaves , Or fools , that use them when they want good sense . Honesty Needs no disguise nor ornament ; be ...
... lost . You talk to me in parables ; CONGREVE . You may have known that I'm no wordy man : Fine speeches are the instruments of knaves , Or fools , that use them when they want good sense . Honesty Needs no disguise nor ornament ; be ...
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