John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George Crabbe. (1754–1832) (continued) |
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| Her air, her manners, all who saw admir’d; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir’d; The joy of youth and health her eyes display’d, And ease of heart her every look convey’d. |
| The Parish Register. Part ii. Marriages. |
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| In this fool’s paradise he drank delight. 1 |
| The Borough. Letter xii. Players. |
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| Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food. |
| The Borough. Letter xxiv. Schools. |
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| In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. |
| The Birth of Flattery. |
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| Cut and come again. |
| Tales. Tale vii. The Widow’s Tale. |
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| Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved. 2 |
| Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience. |
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| But ’t was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. 3 |
| Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest. |
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| ’T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good. |
| Tales. Tale xxi. The Learned Boy. |
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| He tried the luxury of doing good. 4 |
| Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School. |
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| To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent. 5 |
| Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School. |
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| And took for truth the test of ridicule. |
| Tales of the Hall. Book viii. The Sisters. |
| Note 1. See Appendix, Quotation 43. [back] |
| Note 2. ’T is better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all. Alfred Tennyson: In Memoriam, xxvii. [back] |
| Note 3. For right is right, since God is God.—F. W. Faber: The Right must win. [back] |
| Note 4. See Goldsmith, Quotation 3. [back] |
| Note 5. To sigh, yet feel no pain.—Moore: The Blue Stocking. [back] |