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The enormous faith of many made for one.
b. POPE-Essay on Man. Ep. III.
Line 242.
Till their own dreams at length deceive 'em,
And oft repeating, they believe 'em.
C. PRIOR--Alma. Canto III. Line 13.
Thou almost mak'st me waver in my faith,
To hold opinion with Pythagoras,
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men,

d. Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1.

Faith is the subtle chain

Which binds us to the Infinite: the voice
Of a deep life within, that will remain
Until we crowd it thence.

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Henry IV. Pt. II. Act III. Sc 2.

Lord, Lord, how the world is given to lying! I grant you I was down, and out of breath; and so was he: but we rose both at an instant, and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock.

t. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act V. Sc. 4. Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Merchant of Venice. Act I. Sc. 3.

น.

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Then Naldo: ""Tis a petty kind of fame
At best, that comes of making violins;
And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go
To purgatory none the less."

1. GEORGE ELIOT-Legend of Jubal. Stradivarius. Line 85.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last part, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

m. FULLER-The Holy and Profane States. Fame. Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing.

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0.

FULLER-The Holy and Profane States. Fame.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same;
Bad servants wound their master's fame.
GAY-The Squire and his Cur. Pt. II.
Worse is an evil fame, much worse, than none.
p.
GEORGE GRANVILLE (Lord Lansdowne)
-Imitation of Seneca's Thyestis.

Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,

The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guitless of his country's blood.

q.

GRAY-Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
St. 15.

I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Shiel, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and so They are all upper-crust here. HALIBURTON-Sam Slick in England. Ch. XXIV.

on.

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The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.

t.

HAZLITT-Lectures on The English
Poets. Lecture VIII.

Thou hast a charmed cup, O Fame,
A draught that mantles high,
And seems to lift this earthly frame
Above mortality.

Away! to me--a woman-bring
Sweet water from affection's spring.

u. Mrs. HEMANS- Woman and Fame.

If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, "Tis a thinne web, which poysonous fancies make;

But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuffe, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civilitie playes the

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rest.

A toy shunn'd cleanly, passeth with the best.

HERBERT-The Temple. The Church-
Porch. St. 38.

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Pacing through the forest, Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. h. As You Like It. Act IV. Sc. 3.

So full of shapes is fancy,
That it alone is high fantastical.
i. Twelfth Night. Act I. Sc. 1.
Tell me, where is fancy bred;
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourished?
Reply, Reply,

It is engender'd in the eyes
With gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
2. Merchant of Venice.
Fancy light from fancy caught.
k.

Act III. Sc. 2.

TENNYSON-In Memoriam. Pt. XXIII.

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Though they be never so ridiculous,
Nay, let them be unmanly, yet are follow'd.
Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 3.

w.

The glass of fashion, and the mould of form, The observ'd of all observers.

x. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 1.

Their clothes are after such a pagan cut, too, That, sure, they have worn out Christendom. Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 3.

y.

You, Sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only, I do not like the fashion of your garments. Act III. Sc. 6.

despair.

m.

BYRON-The Corsair. Canto I.

St. 15.

Z.

King Lear.

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