A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... heaven . 119 Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not Ambition and Revenge Descend to ? Who aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet ...
... heaven . 119 Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not Ambition and Revenge Descend to ? Who aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet ...
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... 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 Criticism . Pt . iii ...
... 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 Criticism . Pt . iii ...
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... heaven's lights , That give a name to every fixed star , Have no more profit of their shining nights , Than those that walk , and wot not what they are . 218 Shaks .: Love's L. Lost . Act i . Sc . 1 . Devotion ! daughter of astronomy ...
... heaven's lights , That give a name to every fixed star , Have no more profit of their shining nights , Than those that walk , and wot not what they are . 218 Shaks .: Love's L. Lost . Act i . Sc . 1 . Devotion ! daughter of astronomy ...
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... heaven , Cries out , 221 66 Where is it ? " Coleridge : Fears in Solitude . Line 81 . - " There is no God , " the foolish saith - But none , " There is no sorrow : And Nature oft the cry of Faith In bitter need will borrow . Eyes which ...
... heaven , Cries out , 221 66 Where is it ? " Coleridge : Fears in Solitude . Line 81 . - " There is no God , " the foolish saith - But none , " There is no sorrow : And Nature oft the cry of Faith In bitter need will borrow . Eyes which ...
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... heaven . 283 Byron : Mar. Faliero . Act iv . Sc . 1 . I saw her at a county ball ; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall , Of hands across and down the middle . Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of ...
... heaven . 283 Byron : Mar. Faliero . Act iv . Sc . 1 . I saw her at a county ball ; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall , Of hands across and down the middle . Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of ...
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