John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Charles Kingsley. (1819–1875) (continued) |
| 7262 |
| Creep home, and take your place there, The spent and maimed among:— God grant you find one face there You loved when all was young! |
| Water Babies. Song ii. |
| 7263 |
| To be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ of the first upgrowth of all virtue. |
| Health and Education. |
| George (Marian Evans Cross) Eliot. (1819–1880) |
| 7264 |
| Creeds of terror. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7265 |
| A serious ape whom none take seriously, Obliged in this fool’s world to earn his nuts By hard buffoonery. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7266 |
| His smile is sweetened by his gravity. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7267 |
| Certain winds will make men’s temper bad. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7268 |
| Sad as a wasted passion. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7269 |
| Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7270 |
| Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7271 |
| Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summers dead, And all sad sounds are nature’s funeral cries For what has been and is not. |
| Spanish Gypsy. Book i. |
| 7272 |
| Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull? |
| A College Breakfast-party. |