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 LanguagesG.W. Carleton & Company, 1877 - 340 páginas |
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... king on his levying " benevolences , " and passed no Acts . Admirable Doctor .- [ Lat . Doctor Mirabilis . ] A title bestowed upon Roger Bacon ( 1214–1292 ) , an English monk , who , by the power of his genius and the extent of his ...
... king on his levying " benevolences , " and passed no Acts . Admirable Doctor .- [ Lat . Doctor Mirabilis . ] A title bestowed upon Roger Bacon ( 1214–1292 ) , an English monk , who , by the power of his genius and the extent of his ...
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... king . SHAKESPERE , Winter's Tale . Allegory . As headstrong as an ALLEGORY on the banks of the Nile . ( Mrs. Malaprop . ) — SHERIDAN , The Rivals . Alliteration . - Apt ALLITERATION'S artful aid . CHURCHILL , Prophecy of Famine . All ...
... king . SHAKESPERE , Winter's Tale . Allegory . As headstrong as an ALLEGORY on the banks of the Nile . ( Mrs. Malaprop . ) — SHERIDAN , The Rivals . Alliteration . - Apt ALLITERATION'S artful aid . CHURCHILL , Prophecy of Famine . All ...
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... king of the devils , " whence some assume him to be identical with Beelzebub , and others with Azrael . In modern times , he has been jocularly spoken of as the destroying demon of matrimonial happiness . Could the reader take an ...
... king of the devils , " whence some assume him to be identical with Beelzebub , and others with Azrael . In modern times , he has been jocularly spoken of as the destroying demon of matrimonial happiness . Could the reader take an ...
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... King of Elis , had a stable large enough to contain three thousand oxen , which had not been cleaned for many years . He hired Her- cules to clean it out in one day , which he accomplished by turning the river Alpheus through it ...
... King of Elis , had a stable large enough to contain three thousand oxen , which had not been cleaned for many years . He hired Her- cules to clean it out in one day , which he accomplished by turning the river Alpheus through it ...
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... KING . Ballad - mongers . — I had rather be a kitten and cry mew , Than one of these same metre BALLAD - MONGERS . SHAKESPERE , Henry IV . Ballads .-- BALLADS are the gipsy children of song , born under green hedge - rows , in the leafy ...
... KING . Ballad - mongers . — I had rather be a kitten and cry mew , Than one of these same metre BALLAD - MONGERS . SHAKESPERE , Henry IV . Ballads .-- BALLADS are the gipsy children of song , born under green hedge - rows , in the leafy ...
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angels bless blows brave breath BUTLER BYRON canto Childe Harold COWPER dark dead dear death devil divine Don Juan doth Dream DRYDEN Dunciad earth Essay on Criticism eyes faith fall fame Farewell fear feast fools give gold GOLDSMITH grave grief Hamlet hath heart heaven hell Henry Henry IV honest honour hope Hudibras Ibid immortal Julius Cæsar King King Lear Lady live look Lord Love's Macbeth man's Measure for Measure Memoriam Merchant of Venice merry MILTON mind Moral Essays nature Nature's ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers o'er Othello Paradise Lost pleasure poor POPE Queen rhyme Richard Richard III Romeo and Juliet SHAKESPERE sigh sleep smile Song sorrow soul spirit stars sweet Tale tears TENNYSON thee There's things thou true truth virtue wind woman words WORDSWORTH YOUNG youth