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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Page 277
John Dryden. (1631–1700) (continued)
There is a pleasure sure
In being mad which none but madmen know.1
In being mad which none but madmen know.1
The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Lord of humankind.2
The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Bless the hand that gave the blow.3
The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Second thoughts, they say, are best.4
The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 2.
He ’s a sure card.
The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 2.
As sure as a gun.5
The Spanish Friar. Act iii. Sc. 2.
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
The Spanish Friar. Act v. Sc. 2.
This is the porcelain clay of humankind.6
Don Sebastian. Act i. Sc. 1.
I have a soul that like an ample shield
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.7
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.7
Don Sebastian. Act i. Sc. 1.
A knock-down argument: ’t is but a word and a blow.
Amphitryon. Act i. Sc. 1.
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.8
Amphitryon. Act iii. Sc. 1.
The true Amphitryon.9
Amphitryon. Act iv. Sc. 1.
The spectacles of books.
Essay on Dramatic Poetry.
Note 1.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains.
Which only poets know.
William Cowper: The Timepiece, line 285. [back]
There is a pleasure in poetic pains.
Which only poets know.
William Cowper: The Timepiece, line 285. [back]
Note 9.
Le véritable Amphitryon
Est l’Amphitryon où l’on dîne
(The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine).
Jean Baptiste Molière: Amphitryon, act iii. sc. 5. [back]
Le véritable Amphitryon
Est l’Amphitryon où l’on dîne
(The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine).
Jean Baptiste Molière: Amphitryon, act iii. sc. 5. [back]