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Go on, spare no invectives, but open the spout of your eloquence, and see with what a calm, connubial resignation I will both hear and bow to the chastisement. - [Eloquence] Is death more cruel from a private dagger than in the field from murdering swords of thousands? Or does the number slain make slaughter glorious? - [Glory] Is there a crime Beneath the roof of heaven, that stains the soul Of man, with more infernal hue, than damn'd Assassination? - [Murder] Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. - [Matrimony] One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion. - [Fashion] Possession is eleven points in the law. - [Law] That same face of yours looks like the title-page to a whole volume of roguery. - [Face] The wretch that fears to drown, will break through flames; Or, in his dread of flames, will plunge in waves. When eagles are in view, the screaming doves Will cower beneath the feet of man for safety. - [Fear] When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want. - [Vanity] Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please. - [Offense] Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate. - Lady's Last Stake (act I, sc. 1) [Tea] As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion. - Love's Last Shift (act II) [Fashion : Proverbial Phrases] We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,--scorn'd! slighted! dismiss'd without a parting pang. - Love's Last Shift (act IV, sc. 1) [Women] Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks. - Parody of Pope's lines [Talk] Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended. - Prologue to the Double Gallant (l. 15) [Architecture : Building] So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution Told his soft Tale, and was a thriving Wooer. - Richard III (act II, sc. 1), (altered from Shakespeare) [Love : Wooing] Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on. - Richard III (act III, sc. 1) [Success] The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it. - Richard III (act III, sc. 1) [Fame] What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes--outlived my liking. - Richard III (act III, sc. 2), altered from Shakespeare [Love] I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes: I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em. - Richard III (act IV, sc. 2), (altered) [Spiders] A weak Invention of the Enemy. - Richard III (act V, sc. 3) [Enemies] And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour. - Richard III (Altered.) (act V, sc. 3, l. 44) [Perfume] Stolen sweets are best. - Rival Fools (act I) [Thieving] This business will never hold water. - She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not (act IV) [Business] Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy! - The Blind Boy [Blindness] Displaying page 1 of 2 for this author: Next >> [1] 2
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