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 Nora Perry

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

When the baby died we said, With a sudden secret dread; "Death be merciful and pass ;- Leave the other!"-but alas! While we watched he waited there, One foot on the golden stair, One hand beckoning at the gate, Till the home was desolate.— filed under Babyhood
In life there are meetings which seem Like a fate. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- Lucile. Pt. II. Canto III. St. 8. Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace, Unlooking for such grace, I shall behold your face! Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.— filed under Meeting
So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see; So blithe and gay the humming-bird a-going From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee. T.— filed under Months-June
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