John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Mason. (1724–1797) |
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| The fattest hog in Epicurus’ sty. 1 |
| Heroic Epistle. |
| Richard Gifford. (1725–1807) |
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| Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings; Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around, 2 Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. 3 |
| Contemplation. |
| Arthur Murphy. (1727–1805) |
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| Thus far we run before the wind. |
| The Apprentice. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 4266 |
| Above the vulgar flight of common souls. |
| Zenobia. Act v. |
| 4267 |
| Picked up his crumbs. |
| The Upholsterer. Act i. |
| Jane Elliott. (1727–1805) |
| 4268 |
| The flowers of the forest are a’ wide awae. 4 |
| The Flowers of the Forest. |
| Note 1. Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, …Epicuri de grege porcum (You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide,—…a hog from Epicurus’ herd).—Horace: Epistolæ, lib. i. iv. 15, 16. [back] |
| Note 2. Thus altered by Johnson,— All at her work the village maiden sings, Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around. [back] |
| Note 3. See Sterne, Quotation 11. [back] |
| Note 4. This line appears in the “Flowers of the Forest,” part second, a later poem by Mrs. Cockburn. See Dyce’s “Specimens of British Poetesses,” p. 374. [back] |