John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Colley Cibber. (1671–1757) (continued) |
| 3211 |
| Losers must have leave to speak. |
| The Rival Fools. Act i. |
| 3212 |
| Stolen sweets are best. |
| The Rival Fools. Act i. |
| 3213 |
| The will for the deed. 1 |
| The Rival Fools. Act iii. |
| 3214 |
| Within one of her. |
| The Rival Fools. Act v. |
| 3215 |
| I don’t see it. |
| The Careless Husband. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 3216 |
| Persuasion tips his tongue whene’er he talks, And he has chambers in King’s Bench walks. 2 |
| Sir Richard Steele. (1672–1729) |
| 3217 |
| Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education. 3 |
| Tatler. No. 49. |
| 3218 |
| Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous. |
| Spectator. No. 266. |
| Joseph Addison. (1672–1719) |
| 3219 |
| The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. |
| Cato. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 3220 |
| Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy. |
| Cato. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 3221 |
| ’T is not in mortals to command success, But we ’ll do more, Sempronius,—we ’ll deserve it. |
| Cato. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 3222 |
| Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury. |
| Cato. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. See Swift, Quotation 40. [back] |
| Note 2. A parody on Pope’s lines:— Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honoured at the House of Lords. [back] |
| Note 3. Lady Elizabeth Hastings. [back] |