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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Distance

Distance sometimes endears friendship and absence sweeteneth it.

Howell.

  • ’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
  • And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
  • Campbell.

  • Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight
  • Whilst distance recommends them to the sight;
  • Plac’d afar off, they beautiful appear:
  • But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.
  • Dr. Yalden.

    She pleased while distant, but when near she charm’d.

    Shenstone.