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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... rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? GRAY'S Elegy . And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health ? GAY's Fables . 8. Who never felt the impatient throb , The longing of a heart that pants And ...
... rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? GRAY'S Elegy . And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health ? GAY's Fables . 8. Who never felt the impatient throb , The longing of a heart that pants And ...
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... rich china vessels , fallen from high , In glittering dust and painted fragments lie . 11. From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage . POPE . POPE . 12. And to be wroth with one we love ,
... rich china vessels , fallen from high , In glittering dust and painted fragments lie . 11. From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage . POPE . POPE . 12. And to be wroth with one we love ,
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... rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man . SHAKSPEARE . 5 . The fashion Doth wear out more apparel than the man . 6. It is the mind that makes the body rich ; SHAKSPEARE . And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds ...
... rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man . SHAKSPEARE . 5 . The fashion Doth wear out more apparel than the man . 6. It is the mind that makes the body rich ; SHAKSPEARE . And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds ...
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... rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear . 8 . Her polish'd limbs SHAKSPEARE . SHAKSPEARE . Veil'd in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness . Needs not the foreign aid of ornament , But is , when unadorn'd ...
... rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear . 8 . Her polish'd limbs SHAKSPEARE . SHAKSPEARE . Veil'd in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness . Needs not the foreign aid of ornament , But is , when unadorn'd ...
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... rich brocades She shines the first of batter'd jades , And flutters in her pride . POPE . 13. Say , will the falcon stooping from above , Smit with her varying plumage , spare the dove ? Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or ...
... rich brocades She shines the first of batter'd jades , And flutters in her pride . POPE . 13. Say , will the falcon stooping from above , Smit with her varying plumage , spare the dove ? Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or ...
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