A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent and Appropriate Passages in the Old British Poets: With Choice and Copious Selections from the Best Modern British and American PoetsSarah Josepha Buell Hale Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1875 - 576 pages |
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... Julius Cæsar . O you much partial gods ! Why gave ye men affections , and not power То them ? What I by fate should shun , govern I most affect . And buy men's voices to commend our deeds ; It shall be said , -his judgment rul'd our ...
... Julius Cæsar . O you much partial gods ! Why gave ye men affections , and not power То them ? What I by fate should shun , govern I most affect . And buy men's voices to commend our deeds ; It shall be said , -his judgment rul'd our ...
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... Julius Cæsar . He hath brought many captives to Rome , Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill : Did this in Cæsar scem ambitious ? When that the poor have cried , Caesar hath wept . Ambition should be made of sterner stuff . Shaks .
... Julius Cæsar . He hath brought many captives to Rome , Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill : Did this in Cæsar scem ambitious ? When that the poor have cried , Caesar hath wept . Ambition should be made of sterner stuff . Shaks .
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... Julius Cæsar . When anger rushes , unrestrain'd , to action , Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes And screams of horror rend th ' affrighted skies , Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast , Shaks . Henry IV . When ...
... Julius Cæsar . When anger rushes , unrestrain'd , to action , Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes And screams of horror rend th ' affrighted skies , Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast , Shaks . Henry IV . When ...
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... Julius Cass I have neither wit , nor words , nor worth , Nor actions , nor utterance , nor the power o speech , To stir men's blood : I only speak right on . Bulwer . Shaks . Julius Cæsar Like a fine bragging youth ; and tell quaint ...
... Julius Cass I have neither wit , nor words , nor worth , Nor actions , nor utterance , nor the power o speech , To stir men's blood : I only speak right on . Bulwer . Shaks . Julius Cæsar Like a fine bragging youth ; and tell quaint ...
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... Julius Cæsar . None does offend , none , I say none ; I'll able ' em : Take that of me , my friend , who have the power To seal the accuser's lips . Shaks . Lear . Let me tell you , Cassius , you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an ...
... Julius Cæsar . None does offend , none , I say none ; I'll able ' em : Take that of me , my friend , who have the power To seal the accuser's lips . Shaks . Lear . Let me tell you , Cassius , you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an ...
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Bailey's Festus beauty blood bosom breast breath bright Butler's Hudibras charm clouds Coriolanus Cowper's Task dark death Doge of Venice doth dream Dryden's earth Eliza Cook ev'ry eyes fair fame fear feel flowers fools gentle Gentlemen of Verona Giaour glory grace grave grief Hamlet hand happy hath heart heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VI honour hope hour Joanna Baillie's Julius Cæsar King light live look lord lov'd Macbeth man's Merchant of Venice Milton's Paradise Lost mind nature ne'er never O. W. Holmes o'er Othello pain passion peace Pindar pleasure Poems Pope's pride proud Richard Richard III Romeo and Juliet Rowe's Scott's Shaks sigh sleep smile soft sorrow soul Spenser's Fairy Queen spirit stars sweet tears thee thine things Thomson's Seasons thou art Timon of Athens tongue truth Venice virtue weep wind wretched Young's Night Thoughts youth