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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 413

Charles Churchill. (1731–1764) (continued)

Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known,
Defacing first, then claiming for his own. 1

The Apology. Line 232.

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No statesman e’er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.

Night. Line 271.

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Apt alliteration ’s artful aid.

The Prophecy of Famine. Line 86.

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There webs were spread of more than common size,
And half-starved spiders prey’d on half-starved flies.

The Prophecy of Famine. Line 327.

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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

Epistle to William Hogarth. Line 645.

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Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.

The Author. Line 233.

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Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still. 2

The Farewell. Line 27.

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Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow. 3

The Farewell. Line 38.

William Cowper. (1731–1800)

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Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.

Table Talk. Line 28.

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As if the world and they were hand and glove.

Table Talk. Line 173.

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Happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.

Table Talk. Line 246.

Note 1.
Steal! to be sure they may; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children,—disguise them to make ’em pass for their own.—Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The Critic, act i. sc. i. [back]

Note 2.
England, with all thy faults I love thee still,
My country!
William Cowper: The Task, book ii. The Timepiece, line 206. [back]

Note 3.
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam.—Lord Byron: The Corsair, canto i. stanza 1. [back]

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