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"Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun."
The Parish Register. Part i. Introduction.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd."
The Parish Register. Part ii. Marriages.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In this fool's paradise he drank delight."
The Borough. Letter xii. Players.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food."
The Borough. Letter xxiv. Schools.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way."
The Birth of Flattery.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Cut and come again."
Tales. Tale vii. The Widow's Tale.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved."
Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But 't was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide."
Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good."
Tales. Tale xxi. The Learned Boy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He tried the luxury of doing good."
Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent."
Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And took for truth the test of ridicule."
Tales of the Hall. Book viii. The Sisters.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face."
Tales of the Hall. Book xvii. The Widow.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain