John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (1751–1816) (continued) |
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| A life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,—by deeds, not years. 1 |
| Pizarro. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
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| The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. 2 |
| Speech in Reply to Mr. Dundas. Sheridaniana. |
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| You write with ease to show your breeding, But easy writing ’s curst hard reading. |
| Clio’s Protest. Life of Sheridan (Moore). Vol. i. p. 155. |
| Philip Freneau. (1752–1832) |
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| The hunter and the deer a shade. 3 |
| The Indian Burying-Ground. |
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| Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, but left the shield. 4 |
| To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw. |
| George Crabbe. (1754–1832) |
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| Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun. 5 |
| The Parish Register. Part i. Introduction. |
| Note 1. He who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him. Lord Byron: Childe Harold, canto iii. stanza 5. We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths.—Philip James Bailey: Festus. A Country Town. Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours. Du Bartas: Days and Weekes. Fourth Day. Book ii. [back] |
| Note 2. On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).—Alain René Le Sage: Gil Blas, livre iii. chap. xi. [back] |
| Note 3. This line was appropriated by Campbell in “O’Connor’s Child.” [back] |
| Note 4. When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatched the spear, but left the shield. Sir Walter Scott: Marmion, Introduction to canto iii. [back] |
| Note 5. See Young, Quotation 70. [back] |