A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... Satire ii . Line 282 . ADVERSITY -see Affliction . Such a house broke ! So noble a master fallen ! all gone ! and not One friend , to take his fortune by the arm , And go along with him . 46 Shaks .: Timon of A. Act iv . Sc . 2 . This ...
... Satire ii . Line 282 . ADVERSITY -see Affliction . Such a house broke ! So noble a master fallen ! all gone ! and not One friend , to take his fortune by the arm , And go along with him . 46 Shaks .: Timon of A. Act iv . Sc . 2 . This ...
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... Satire vii . Line 175 . 125 Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . 126 Young : Night Thoughts . Night vii . Line 355 . Dream after dream ensues , And ...
... Satire vii . Line 175 . 125 Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . 126 Young : Night Thoughts . Night vii . Line 355 . Dream after dream ensues , And ...
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... Satire i . Line 123 . Heaven bless thee ! Thou hast the sweetest face I ever looked on ; Sir , as I have a soul , she is an angel . 139 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iv . Sc . 1 . Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . 140 Pope : E. on ...
... Satire i . Line 123 . Heaven bless thee ! Thou hast the sweetest face I ever looked on ; Sir , as I have a soul , she is an angel . 139 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iv . Sc . 1 . Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . 140 Pope : E. on ...
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... wore ! He shows , on holidays , a sacred pin , That touch'd the ruff , that touch'd Queen Bess ' chin . 162 Young : Love of Fame . Satire iv . Line 119 . Ye distant spires , ye antique towers . 163 APATHY ANGLING - ANTIQUITY . 17.
... wore ! He shows , on holidays , a sacred pin , That touch'd the ruff , that touch'd Queen Bess ' chin . 162 Young : Love of Fame . Satire iv . Line 119 . Ye distant spires , ye antique towers . 163 APATHY ANGLING - ANTIQUITY . 17.
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... Satire vi . Line 141 . What is this thought or thing Which I call beauty ? is it thought or thing ? Is it a thought accepted for a thing ? Or both ? or neither - a pretext ? -a word ? Its meaning flutters in me like a flame Under my own ...
... Satire vi . Line 141 . What is this thought or thing Which I call beauty ? is it thought or thing ? Is it a thought accepted for a thing ? Or both ? or neither - a pretext ? -a word ? Its meaning flutters in me like a flame Under my own ...
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