John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Edward Young. (1683–1765) (continued) |
| 3371 |
| The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear. |
| The Revenge. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 3372 |
| And friend received with thumps upon the back. 1 |
| Universal Passion. |
| George Berkeley. (1685–1753) |
| 3373 |
| Westward the course of empire takes its way; 2 The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time’s noblest offspring is the last. |
| On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America. |
| 3374 |
| Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old. |
| Can Love be controlled by Advice? 3 |
| 3375 |
| [Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. 4 |
| Siris. Par. 217. |
| Jane Brereton. (1685–1740) |
| 3376 |
| The picture placed the busts between Adds to the thought much strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly ’s at full length. |
| On Beau Nash’s Picture at full length between the Busts of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Pope. 5 |
| Note 1. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumping on your back. William Cowper: On Friendship. [back] |
| Note 2. See Daniel, Quotation 5. Westward the star of empire takes its way.—Epigraph to Bancroft’s History of the United States. [back] |
| Note 3. Aiken: Vocal Poetry (London, 1810). [back] |
| Note 4. Cups That cheer but not inebriate. William Cowper: The Task, book iv. [back] |
| Note 5. Dyce: Specimens of British Poetesses. (This epigram is generally ascribed to Chesterfield. See Campbell, “English Poets,” note, p. 521.) [back] |