John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| James Jeffrey Roche. (1847–1908) (continued) |
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| The love of man and woman is as fire To warm, to light, but surely to consume And self-consuming die… But comrade-love is as a welding blast Of candid flame and ardent temperature: Glowing more fervent, it doth bind more fast; And melting both but makes the union sure. The dross alone is burnt—till at the last The steel, if cold, is one and strong and pure. |
| My Comrade. |
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| I ’d rather be handsome than homely; I ’d rather be youthful than old; If I can’t have a bushel of silver I’ll do with a barrel of gold. |
| Contentment. |
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| All loved Art in a seemly way With an earnest soul and a capital A. |
| The V-a-s-e. |
| George Robert Sims. (1847– ?) |
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| Lor’, but women’s rum cattle to deal with, the first man found that to his cost, And I reckon it’s just through a woman the last man on earth’ll be lost. |
| Dagonet Ballads. Moll Jarvis o’ Morley. |
| Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. (1847–1929) |
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| Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colorless photography of a printed record. |
| Life of Pitt. |
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| It is beginning to be hinted that we are a nation of amateurs. |
| Rectorial Address. Glasgow. Nov. 16, 1900. |