A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and SubjectsJ. Bartlett, 1858 - 446 pages |
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... Essay V. God the first garden made , and the first city Cain . From Anacreon . The thirsty earth drinks up the rain And thirsts and gapes for drink again ; The plants suck in the earth , and are With constant drinking fresh and fair ...
... Essay V. God the first garden made , and the first city Cain . From Anacreon . The thirsty earth drinks up the rain And thirsts and gapes for drink again ; The plants suck in the earth , and are With constant drinking fresh and fair ...
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... peep . EARL OF ROSCOMMON . 1633-1684 . Essay on Translated Verse . Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . JOHN DRYDEN . 1631-1700 . ALEXANDER'S FEAST . Line 15 136 FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS .
... peep . EARL OF ROSCOMMON . 1633-1684 . Essay on Translated Verse . Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . JOHN DRYDEN . 1631-1700 . ALEXANDER'S FEAST . Line 15 136 FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS .
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... foolish thing , Nor ever does a wise one . Artemisa in the Town to Chloe in the Country . And ever since the conquest have been fools . SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . 1649-1721 . Essay on BUNYAN . 143 -- ROCHESTER .
... foolish thing , Nor ever does a wise one . Artemisa in the Town to Chloe in the Country . And ever since the conquest have been fools . SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . 1649-1721 . Essay on BUNYAN . 143 -- ROCHESTER .
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... Essay on Poetry . Of all those arts in which the wise excel , Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well . There's no such thing in nature , and you'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw . Read Homer once , and you can ...
... Essay on Poetry . Of all those arts in which the wise excel , Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well . There's no such thing in nature , and you'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw . Read Homer once , and you can ...
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... . Act ii . Sc . i . Is she not more than painting can express , Or youthful poets fancy when they love ? Act v . Sc . 1 . Is this that haughty , gallant , gay Lothario ? ALEXANDER POPE . 1688-1744 . ESSAY ON MAN . Epistle ROWE . 153.
... . Act ii . Sc . i . Is she not more than painting can express , Or youthful poets fancy when they love ? Act v . Sc . 1 . Is this that haughty , gallant , gay Lothario ? ALEXANDER POPE . 1688-1744 . ESSAY ON MAN . Epistle ROWE . 153.
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