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SHAKESPERE , Winter ' s Tale . Allegory . - As headstrong as an ALLEGORY on
the banks of the Nile . ( Mrs . Malaprop . ) - SUERIDAN , The Ricals . Alliteration .
Apt ALLITERATION ' s artful aid . CHURCHILL , Prophecy of Famine . All - the ...
SHAKESPERE , Winter ' s Tale . Allegory . - As headstrong as an ALLEGORY on
the banks of the Nile . ( Mrs . Malaprop . ) - SUERIDAN , The Ricals . Alliteration .
Apt ALLITERATION ' s artful aid . CHURCHILL , Prophecy of Famine . All - the ...
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How many a tale their music tells ! Of youth , and home , and that sweet time
When last I heard their soothing chime . MOORE , Those Evening Bells . Bench . -
A little BENCH of heedless bishops here , And there a chancellor in embryo .
How many a tale their music tells ! Of youth , and home , and that sweet time
When last I heard their soothing chime . MOORE , Those Evening Bells . Bench . -
A little BENCH of heedless bishops here , And there a chancellor in embryo .
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If the secret history of BOOKS could be written , and the author ' s private thoughts
and meanings noted down alongside of his story , how many insipid volumes
would become interesting , and dull tales excite the reader ! — THACKERAY .
If the secret history of BOOKS could be written , and the author ' s private thoughts
and meanings noted down alongside of his story , how many insipid volumes
would become interesting , and dull tales excite the reader ! — THACKERAY .
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SWIFT , Tale of a Tub . Breeches Bibles . - A name given to editions of the so -
called Genevan Bible ( first printed at Geneva , by Rowland Hall , 1560 , in 4to ) ,
from the peculiar rendering of Gen . iii . 7 . Brevity . - BREVITY is the soul of wit ...
SWIFT , Tale of a Tub . Breeches Bibles . - A name given to editions of the so -
called Genevan Bible ( first printed at Geneva , by Rowland Hall , 1560 , in 4to ) ,
from the peculiar rendering of Gen . iii . 7 . Brevity . - BREVITY is the soul of wit ...
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Ibid . , A Winter ' s Tale . Candour . — CANDOUR is the brightest gem of criticism .
- DISRAELI . Capulets . I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little
country ehurchyard than in the tomb of the CAPULETS . - EDMUND BURKE .
Care .
Ibid . , A Winter ' s Tale . Candour . — CANDOUR is the brightest gem of criticism .
- DISRAELI . Capulets . I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little
country ehurchyard than in the tomb of the CAPULETS . - EDMUND BURKE .
Care .
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act ii angels better blows BYRON Cæsar canto Childe dark dead death devil doth Dream earth English Essay eyes fair faith fall fame fear feel fools give given grave grow Hamlet hand happy hath head heart heaven hell Henry hold honour hope hour Hudibras human Ibid Italy John keep King Lady land leave lies light live look Lord Macbeth man's mean Measure MILTON mind nature never Night o'er once Paradise Lost pleasure poor POPE Queen reason rich Richard round SHAKESPERE soul speak spirit sweet tale tears tell thee things thou thought thousand true truth turns virtue voice wind wise woman write YOUNG youth
Popular passages
Page 25 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 76 - tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honour? A word. What is that word honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it? He that died o
Page 186 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do: Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 164 - And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 163 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 130 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 173 - I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Page 107 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 93 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 139 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
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| Title | Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations |
| Author | G.W. Carleton & Co |
| Publisher | G. W. Carleton & Company, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 340 pages |
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