John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Miscellaneous. (continued) |
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| A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify; A never dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. |
| Charles Wesley: Christian Fidelity. |
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| Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down. |
| Divine Love. |
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| Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refined as ever Athens heard; And (strange to tell!) he practised what he preached. |
| John Armstrong (1709–1779): The Art of Preserving Health. Book iv. Line 301. |
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| Gentle shepherd, tell me where. |
| Samuel Howard (1710–1782). |
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| Pray, Goody, please to moderate the rancour of your tongue! Why flash those sparks of fury from your eyes? Remember, when the judgment ’s weak the prejudice is strong. |
| Kane O’Hara (—— –1782): Midas. Act i. Sc. 4. |
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| Where passion leads or prudence points the way. |
| Robert Lowth (1710–1787): Choice of Hercules, i. |
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| And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie. |
| —— Dyer (published in the early part of the reign of George I.). |
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| Each cursed his fate that thus their project crossed; How hard their lot who neither won nor lost! |
| Richard Graves (1715–1804): The Festoon (1767). |
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| Cease, rude Boreas, blustering railer! List, ye landsmen all, to me; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea. |
| George A. Stevens (1720–1784): The Storm. |
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| That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,— Creation’s blot, creation’s blank. |
| Thomas Gibbons (1720–1785): When Jesus dwelt. |