John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Thomas Hardy. (1840–1928) (continued) |
| 7946 |
| Why doth IT so and so, and ever so, This viewless, voiceless Turner of the Wheel? |
| The Dynasts. Fore Scene. Spirit of the Pities. |
| 7947 |
| A local thing called Christianity. |
| The Dynasts. Spirit of the Years. Sc. 6. |
| 7948 |
| Aggressive Fancy working spells Upon a mind o’erwrought. |
| The Dynasts. Act i. Sc. 6. Napoleon. |
| 7949 |
| Ere systemed suns were globed and lit The slaughters of the race were writ. |
| The Dynasts. Act ii. Sc. 5. Semichorus. |
| 7950 |
| My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading. |
| The Dynasts. Spirit sinister. |
| 7951 |
| A nice unparticular man. |
| Far from the madding Crowd. |
| 7952 |
| A little one-eyed blinking sort of place. |
| Tess of the D’Urbervilles. |
| 7953 |
| Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. |
| The Hand of Ethelberta. |
| 7954 |
| A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. |
| The Hand of Ethelberta. |
| Robert William Buchanan. (1841–1901) |
| 7955 |
| Beauty and Truth, tho’ never found, are worthy to be sought. |
| To David in Heaven. |
| 7956 |
| I saw the starry Tree Eternity Put forth the blossom Time. |
| Proteus. |
| 7957 |
| Full of a sweet indifference. |
| Charmian. |
| 7958 |
| I say the world is lovely And that loveliness is enough. |
| Artist and Model. |
| 7959 |
| Believing hath a core of unbelieving. |
| Songs of Seeking. |