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19 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.
O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.— filed under Beauty
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.- Her lips suck forth my soul; see, where it flies!-— filed under Beauty
1842. Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is more knave than fool.— filed under Character
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.— filed under Covetousness
It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is over-rul'd by fate.— filed under Fate
The First Violets. Bk. I. St. 1. And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.— filed under Flirting
And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.— filed under Flowers-Rose
Coming. When the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven.— filed under Futurity
Life of Johnson. 1775. Look where he goes! but see he comes again Because I stay! Techelles, let us march And weary death with bearing souls to hell.— filed under Hell
Dead on the field of honour. Answer given in the roll-call of LA TOUR D' AUVERGNE's regiment after his death. Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do; *** honour is not won, Until some honourable deed be done.— filed under Honor
Progress. To undo a Jew is charity, and not sin.— filed under Jews
Who hateth me but for my happiness? Or who is honored now but for his wealth? Rather had I, a Jew, be hated thus, Than pitied in a Christian poverty.— filed under Jews
Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove; That is-more knave than fool.— filed under Knavery
1847. Come live with me, and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, or hills, or fields, Or woods and steepy mountains, yield.— filed under Love
Love me little, love me long.— filed under Love
Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?— filed under Love
Things that are not at all, are never lost. bb.— filed under Proverbs
By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.— filed under Rights
Infinite riches in a little room.— filed under Wealth