Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...the student's love, Are but as tools his secret ends to work, Who hath the skill to use them." Joanna Baillie. Basil (Duke), Act II., Sc. III. "The brave only know how to forgive." Stefne. Sermon XII. "The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it." Shelley. The Cenci (Beatrice), Act IV., Sc. IV. "The breathless silence, which to love Is all that eloquence can be." L. E. L. The Lost Pleiad. THE BUSY LARK--THE CLOTHING. 247 'The busy lark, the messenger of day." Chaucer. The Knightc's Tale, line 1493. ' (Let Hercules himself do what he may, ) The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." Shakespeare. Hamlet (Hamlet), Act V., Sc, I. "Dogs, ye have had your day." Pope. Homer's Odyssey, Bk. XXII., line 41. "Every dog must have his day." Swift. Whig and Tory. "The cause of Freedom is the cause of God." Bowles. To Edmund Burke. "The cheat at play may use the wealth he's won, But is not hohour'd for the mischief done; The cheat in love may use each villain art, And boast the deed that breaks the victim's heart." Crabbe. The Borough, Letter XX. "The cheerful man's a king." Bickerstafp. Love in a Village (Hawthorn, sings), Act I., Sc. III. "The chief glory of every people arises from its authors." Dr. S. Johnson. Preface to his Dictionary. "The childhood shews the man, As morning shews the day." Milton. Paradise Regained, Bk. IV., line 220. "The child is father of the man." Wordsworth. Poems referring to Childhood, I. "The child's sob curseth deeper in the silence Than the strong man in his wrath." E. B. Browning. The Cry of the Children. "The church and c...