John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
George (Marian Evans Cross) Eliot 1819-1880 John Bartlett
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Creeds of terror. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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A serious ape whom none take seriously, Obliged in this fool’s world to earn his nuts By hard buffoonery. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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His smile is sweetened by his gravity. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Certain winds will make men’s temper bad. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Sad as a wasted passion. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summers dead, And all sad sounds are nature’s funeral cries For what has been and is not. | |
Spanish Gypsy. Book i. | |
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Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull? | |
A College Breakfast-party. | |
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Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence. | |
Poems: Oh may I join the Choir invisible. | |
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It’s but little good you’ll do watering last year’s crops. | |
Adam Bede. Chap. xviii. | |
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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. 1 | |
Adam Bede. Chap. xxxiii. | |
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. | |
Romola. Book iii. Chap. xvii. | |
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Men’s men: gentle or simple, they’re much of a muchness. | |
Daniel Deronda. Book iv. Chap. xxxi. |
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