John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Page 365
| William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. (1708–1778) (continued) |
| 3982 |
| The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter,—but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! |
| Speech on the Excise Bill. |
| 3983 |
| We have a Calvinistic creed, a Popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy. |
| Prior’s Life of Burke (1790). |
| Samuel Johnson. (1709–1784) |
| 3984 |
| Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind, from China to Peru. 1 |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 1. |
| 3985 |
| There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail,— Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 159. |
| 3986 |
| He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 221. |
| 3987 |
| Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 257. |
| 3988 |
| An age that melts in unperceiv’d decay, And glides in modest innocence away. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 293. |
| 3989 |
| Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 308. |
| 3990 |
| Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlb’rough’s eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv’ler and a show. |
| Vanity of Human Wishes. Line 316. |
| Note 1. All human race, from China to Peru, Pleasure, howe’er disguised by art, pursue. Thomas Warton: Universal Love of Pleasure. De Quincey (Works, vol. x. p. 72) quotes the criticism of some writer, who contends with some reason that this high-sounding couplet of Dr. Johnson amounts in effect to this: Let observation with extensive observation observe mankind extensively. [back] |