John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Tikell 1686-1740 John Bartlett
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| Just men, by whom impartial laws were given; And saints who taught and led the way to heaven. |
| On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 41. |
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| Nor e’er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. |
| On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 45. |
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| There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die. 1 |
| On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 81. |
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| The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid. |
| To a Lady with a Present of Flowers. |
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| I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which says I must not stay; I see a hand you cannot see, Which beckons me away. |
| Colin and Lucy. |
| Note 1. He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them to live.—Montaigne: Essay, book i. chap. ix. I have taught you, my dear flock, for above thirty years how to live; and I will show you in a very short time how to die.—Sandys: Anglorum Speculum, p. 903. Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die. Porteus: Death, line 316. He taught them how to live and how to die.—Somerville: In Memory of the Rev. Mr. Moore. [back] |