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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A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!— BYRON — Childe Harold. Canto II. St. 2.
Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe, And stupid at the wondrous things he saw, Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.— DRYDEN — Theodore and Honoria. L. 217.
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