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 Wm. Somerville

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

Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail! Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spread O'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way, And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.— filed under Morning
He taught them how to live and how to die.— filed under Occupations-Preaching
Hail, blooming Youth! May all your virtues with your years im prove, Till in consummate worth you shine the pride Of these our days, and succeeding times A bright example,— filed under Zeal
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