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 John Brown

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

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinc'd That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour, Serves but to brighten all our future days!— filed under Affliction
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.— filed under Satire
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