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 Pierpont

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

The incense of the heart may rise.— filed under Heart
S. Greece A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you; 'tis the ballot-box.— filed under Politics
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