John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Miscellaneous. (continued) |
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| I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. |
| Richard Rumbold, on the scaffold, 1685. History of England (Macaulay), Chap v. |
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| The last link is broken That bound me to thee, And the words thou hast spoken Have render’d me free. |
| Fanny Steers: Song. |
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| Old Simon the cellarer keeps a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie. |
| G. W. Bellamy: Simon the Cellarer. |
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| Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins. 1 |
| Scrope Davies: Letter to Thomas Raikes, May 25, 1835. |
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| She ’s all my fancy painted her; She ’s lovely, she ’s divine. |
| William Mee: Alice Gray. |
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| Stately and tall he moves in the hall, The chief of a thousand for grace. |
| Kate Franklin: Life at Olympus, Lady’s Book, Vol. xxiii. p. 33. |
| Note 1. Babylon in ruins is not so melancholy a spectacle (as a distracted person). Joseph Addison: Spectator, No. 421. [back] |