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 Tom Brown

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

A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. Ascribed to Blackmore. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.— filed under Apparel
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for a gander.— filed under Chilo
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.— filed under Water
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