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Man yields to custom, as he bows to fate, In all things ruled--mind, body, and estate, In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply To them we know not, and we know not why. - Tale III--The Gentleman Farmer (l. 86) [Custom] The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. - Tale III-The Gentleman Farmer (l. 84) [Cowards] All green was vanished save of pine and yew, That still displayed their melancholy hue; Save the green holly with its berries red, And the green moss that o'er the gravel spread. - Tale of the Hall [Holly] But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. - Tales (tale XV, The Squire and the Priest) [Right] The face the index of a feeling mind. - Tales of the Hall [Face] Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good. - Tales of the Hall (bk. III) [Goodness] To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent! - Tales of the Hall (bk. III, Boys at School, last line) [Repentance] Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school, And took for truth the test of ridicule; Lucy saw no such virtue in a jest, Truth was with her of ridicule the test. - Tales of the Hall (bk. VIII, l. 126) [Ridicule] See Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face. - Tales of the Hall (bk. XVII, The Widow, st. 3) [Time] Cut and come again. - Tales VII (l. 26) [Proverbial Phrases] The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak. - Tales--Struggles of Conscience [Wives] Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own. - Tales--The Learned Boy [Wives] But monument themselves memorials need. - The Borough (letter II) [Monuments] "What is a church?" Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek, From Christian folds, the one selected race, Of all professions, and in every place." - The Borough (letter II, l. 1) [Churches] "What is a church?"--Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. - The Borough (letter II, l. 11) [Churches] Habit with him was all the test of truth; "It must be right: I've done it from my youth." - The Borough (letter III) [Habit] From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy. - The Borough (letter VII, l. 124) [Quackery] To show the world what long experience gains, Requires not courage, though it calls for pains; But at life's outset to inform mankind Is a bold effort of a valiant mind. - The Borough (letter VII, l. 47) [Experience] Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash-- Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill. - The Borough (letter VII, l. 75) [Quackery] Let's learn to live, for we must die alone. - The Borough (letter X) [Life] Virtue alone is happiness below. - The Borough (letter XVI) [Virtue] His patient soul endures what Heav'n ordains, But neither feels nor fears ideal pains. - The Borough (letter XVII) [Patience] Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart. - The Borough (letter XVII) [Heart] Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares. - The Borough (letter XVII, l. 198) [Temperance] Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food. - The Borough (letter XXIV, Schools, l. 402) [Books] Displaying page 3 of 4 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4
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