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 Bishop Henshaw

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

Beneath these green trees rising to the skies, The planter of them, Isaac Greentrees, lies; The time shall come when these green trees shall fall, And Isaac Greentrees rise above them all. Epitaph at Harrow. Man's life is like unto a winter's day, Some break their fast and so depart away, Others stay dinner then depart full fed; The longest age but sups and goes to bed. Oh, reader, then behold and see, As we are now so must you be.— filed under And Cared Not How It Blew
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