An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors, with parallel passages from various writers, by J.C. Grocott |
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Abra was ready ere I call ' d her name ; And , though I callid another , Abra came ,
Her absence made the night , her presence brought the day . PRIOR . - Solomon
, Book II . Lines 363 , 592 . ABSENCE . - In the hope to meet Shortly again ...
Abra was ready ere I call ' d her name ; And , though I callid another , Abra came ,
Her absence made the night , her presence brought the day . PRIOR . - Solomon
, Book II . Lines 363 , 592 . ABSENCE . - In the hope to meet Shortly again ...
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Night III . Line 452 ; Night V . Line 889 . All is not well . SHAKSPERE . — Hamlet ,
Act I . Scene 2 . ( To Himself . ) All ' s well that ends well , yet . SHAKSPERE . —
All ' s Well that Ends Well , Act V Scene 1 . ( Helena to the Widow . ) All men think
...
Night III . Line 452 ; Night V . Line 889 . All is not well . SHAKSPERE . — Hamlet ,
Act I . Scene 2 . ( To Himself . ) All ' s well that ends well , yet . SHAKSPERE . —
All ' s Well that Ends Well , Act V Scene 1 . ( Helena to the Widow . ) All men think
...
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Keats . —. Endymion. ,. Line. 1 . Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night , As a
rich jewel in an Ethiop ' s ear . SHAKSPERE . - - Romeo and Juliet , Act I , Scene
5 , ( Romeo to the Servant . ) BEAUTY - BEGGAR , BEAUTY . - - Let him.
Keats . —. Endymion. ,. Line. 1 . Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night , As a
rich jewel in an Ethiop ' s ear . SHAKSPERE . - - Romeo and Juliet , Act I , Scene
5 , ( Romeo to the Servant . ) BEAUTY - BEGGAR , BEAUTY . - - Let him.
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Night VII . Line 496 . The blood within her crystal cheekes Did such a colour drive
, As though the lillye and the rose For mastership did strive . ANONYMOUS . -
Fair Rosamond , 2 Percy Rel . 156 . If blush thou must , then blush thou through A
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Night VII . Line 496 . The blood within her crystal cheekes Did such a colour drive
, As though the lillye and the rose For mastership did strive . ANONYMOUS . -
Fair Rosamond , 2 Percy Rel . 156 . If blush thou must , then blush thou through A
...
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BOOKS - BORROWED . BOOKS . - Shall we not believe books in print ?
BEAUMONT and FLETCHER . - The Night Walker , Act III . Scene 4 . Books
cannot always please , however good ; Minds are not ever craving for their food .
CRABBE .
BOOKS - BORROWED . BOOKS . - Shall we not believe books in print ?
BEAUMONT and FLETCHER . - The Night Walker , Act III . Scene 4 . Books
cannot always please , however good ; Minds are not ever craving for their food .
CRABBE .
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Page 101 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm, o
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Page 429 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect...
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Page 311 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
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Page 251 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Page 59 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 212 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
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| Title | An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors, with parallel passages from various writers, by J.C. Grocott |
| Editor | John Cooper Grocott |
| Published | 1863 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
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