The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Akenside

6 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

And the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, To hide the feeling heart?— filed under Hypocrisy
The green retreats Of Academus.— filed under Learning
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.— filed under Man
Arno. At last the Muses rose, *** And scattered, *** as they flew, Their blooming wreaths from fair Valclusa's bowers To Arno's myrtle border.— filed under Rivers-Afton
This was Shakespeare's form; Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every passion; and to all mankind Doth now, will ever, that experience yield Which his own genius only could acquire.— filed under Shakespeare
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.— filed under Trifles
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