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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St. 1. Pluck one thread, and the web ye mar; Break but one Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar Through all will run.— WHITTIER — My Soul and I. St. 38.
To be a Prodigal's favourite, then, worse truth, A Miser's Pensioner, -behold our lot!— WORDSWORTH — The Small Celandine.
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