A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... Fable 15 . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carry'd only to extreme ; To be sublimely great , or to be nothing . 122 Southern : Loyal Brothers . The fiery soul abhorr'd in Catiline , In Decius charms , in Curtius is ...
... Fable 15 . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carry'd only to extreme ; To be sublimely great , or to be nothing . 122 Southern : Loyal Brothers . The fiery soul abhorr'd in Catiline , In Decius charms , in Curtius is ...
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... Fables . Pt . ii . Fable 11 . Full many a stoic eye and aspect stern Mask hearts where grief hath little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . 174 APPETITE ...
... Fables . Pt . ii . Fable 11 . Full many a stoic eye and aspect stern Mask hearts where grief hath little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . 174 APPETITE ...
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... Fables . Act ii . Line 16 . Be calm in arguing : for fierceness makes Error a fault , and truth discourtesy . 195 Herbert : Temple . Church Porch . St. 52 . Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , We find our tenets just the ...
... Fables . Act ii . Line 16 . Be calm in arguing : for fierceness makes Error a fault , and truth discourtesy . 195 Herbert : Temple . Church Porch . St. 52 . Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , We find our tenets just the ...
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... Fables . Elephant and Bookseller . In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they interd . 237 Pope : E. on Criticism . Pt . ii . Line 55 . An author ! ' tis a venerable name ! How few deserve it , and ...
... Fables . Elephant and Bookseller . In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they interd . 237 Pope : E. on Criticism . Pt . ii . Line 55 . An author ! ' tis a venerable name ! How few deserve it , and ...
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... Fables . Pt . ii . Fable 2 . O Amos Cottle ! Phoebus ! what a name ! 829 Byron : Eng . Bards . Line 399 . 1 COUNSEL - see Advice . I pray thee , 90 CORRUPTION - COTTLE .
... Fables . Pt . ii . Fable 2 . O Amos Cottle ! Phoebus ! what a name ! 829 Byron : Eng . Bards . Line 399 . 1 COUNSEL - see Advice . I pray thee , 90 CORRUPTION - COTTLE .
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