John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George William Curtis. (1824–1892) (continued) |
| 7522 |
| Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer. |
| The Call of Freedom. |
| Charles Godfrey Leland. (1824–1903) |
| 7523 |
| Hans Breitmann gife a barty— Where ish dat barty now? |
| Hans Breitmann’s Party. |
| 7524 |
| They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train. |
| The Masher. |
| 7525 |
| The brave deserve the lovely—every woman may be won. |
| The Masher. |
| 7526 |
| If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world had never been. |
| The World and the World. |
| George Macdonald. (1824–1905) |
| 7527 |
| Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep or a kiss too long, And then comes a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. |
| Phantastes. |
| 7528 |
| Where did you come from baby dear? Out of the everywhere into the here. |
| Baby. (Song in At the Back of the North Wind). |
| 7529 |
| Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the skies as I came through. |
| Baby. (Song in At the Back of the North Wind). |