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 S. Amelia B. Welby

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

Apple-Tree. The purple clusters load the lilac-bushes.— filed under Trees And Plants-Chestnut
The rosebuds lay their crimson lips together.— filed under Flowers-Rose
As the dew to the blossom, the bud to the bee, As the scent to the rose, are those memories to me.— filed under Memory
For every wave with dimpled face That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there.— filed under Stars
Fragrant blossoms fringe the apple boughs.— filed under Trees And Plants-Acacia
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