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 Richard Hengist Horne

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

Pope's trans. On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.— filed under Grief
Far out at sea, -the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail, We saw a snow-white butterfly Dancing before the fitful gale, Far out at sea.— filed under Insects-Flea
Ye rigid Ploughmen! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plough deep and straight with all your powers!— filed under Occupations-Agriculture
, 29. Our Banker. 1874. On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful Past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a wither'd leaf: Time and change can do no more.— filed under Time
Laurel. Laurus Nobilis. The laurel-tree grew large and strong, Its roots went searching deeply down; It split the marble walls of Wrong, And blossomed o'er the Despot's crown.— filed under Trees And Plants-Chestnut
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