Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for Such Familiar Words, Phrases and Expressions as are Oftenest Quoted and Met with in General Literature ; Together with Their Authorship and Position in the Original : Also, a Carefully Prepared List of Popular Quotations from the Latin, French and Other Languages |
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... dead . -MRS . HEMANS , Casabianca . Twelve years ago I was a BOY , A happy boy , at Drury's . - PRAED , School and School - fellows . Boz . - A pseudonym under which Charles Dickens contributed a series of " Sketches of Life and ...
... dead . -MRS . HEMANS , Casabianca . Twelve years ago I was a BOY , A happy boy , at Drury's . - PRAED , School and School - fellows . Boz . - A pseudonym under which Charles Dickens contributed a series of " Sketches of Life and ...
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... dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger : Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . SHAKESPERE , Henry V ...
... dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger : Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . SHAKESPERE , Henry V ...
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... dead , and turned to clay , Might stop a hole to keep the wind away . - Ibid . , Hamlet . Not that I loved CÆSAR less , but that I loved Rome more . Ibid . , Julius Cæsar . Cake - Would'st thou both eat thy CAKES and have it ? G ...
... dead , and turned to clay , Might stop a hole to keep the wind away . - Ibid . , Hamlet . Not that I loved CÆSAR less , but that I loved Rome more . Ibid . , Julius Cæsar . Cake - Would'st thou both eat thy CAKES and have it ? G ...
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... Dead .-- DEAD , for a ducat , dead . --SHAKESPERE , Hamlet . - There studious let me sit , And hold high converse with the mighty DEAD . THOMSON , The Seasons , Winter . Death . - DEATHI borders upon our birth , and our cradle stands in ...
... Dead .-- DEAD , for a ducat , dead . --SHAKESPERE , Hamlet . - There studious let me sit , And hold high converse with the mighty DEAD . THOMSON , The Seasons , Winter . Death . - DEATHI borders upon our birth , and our cradle stands in ...
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... dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside , howsoe'er defended , But has one vacant chair . • There is no DEATH ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian , Whose portal we call death ...
... dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside , howsoe'er defended , But has one vacant chair . • There is no DEATH ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian , Whose portal we call death ...
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