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"As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out thorough, and his frailty find."
History of the Civil War. Book iv. Stanza 84.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Sacred religion! mother of form and fear."
Musophilus. Stanza 57.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world."
Musophilus. Stanza 97.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"This is the thing that I was born to do."
Musophilus. Stanza 100.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And who (in time) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?"
Musophilus. Stanza 163.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!"
To the Countess of Cumberland. Stanza 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born."
To Delia. Sonnet 51.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain