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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... round , He then unto the ladder turns his back , Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend . - Ibid . , Julius Cæsar . When that the poor have cried , Cæsar hath wept : AMBITION should be made of sterner ...
... round , He then unto the ladder turns his back , Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend . - Ibid . , Julius Cæsar . When that the poor have cried , Cæsar hath wept : AMBITION should be made of sterner ...
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... round the dreary west A looming BASTION fringed with fire . TENNYSON , In Memoriam . BYRON , Childe Harold . Battle . - BATTLE's magnificently stern array . - The next dreadful thing to a BATTLE lost is a battle won . WELLINGTON ...
... round the dreary west A looming BASTION fringed with fire . TENNYSON , In Memoriam . BYRON , Childe Harold . Battle . - BATTLE's magnificently stern array . - The next dreadful thing to a BATTLE lost is a battle won . WELLINGTON ...
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... Round these , with tendrils strong as flesh and blood , Our pastime and our happiness will grow . - WORDSWORTH . Books which are no books . --CHARLES LAMB . Books that you may carry to the fire , and hold readily in your hand , are the ...
... Round these , with tendrils strong as flesh and blood , Our pastime and our happiness will grow . - WORDSWORTH . Books which are no books . --CHARLES LAMB . Books that you may carry to the fire , and hold readily in your hand , are the ...
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... round him o'er the 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 ...
... round him o'er the 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 ...
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... round about thy table . Psalm cxxviii . 3 . The Chinaman , John . - A cant or popular name for the Chinese . earliest known instance of its use is in " A Letter to the Committee of Management of Drury Lane Theater , London , 1819 ...
... round about thy table . Psalm cxxviii . 3 . The Chinaman , John . - A cant or popular name for the Chinese . earliest known instance of its use is in " A Letter to the Committee of Management of Drury Lane Theater , London , 1819 ...
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