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 Ordsworth

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

Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story : There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine.— filed under Flowers-Camomile
Why do not words, and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in woman's breast, And reason that in man is wise and good, And fear of Him who is a righteous Judge,- Why do not these prevail for human life, To keep two hearts together, that began Their spring-time with one love.— filed under Matrimony
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