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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act i., Sc. 1.


=Consistency.=

Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man;
He's ben on all sides thet give places or pelf;
But consistency still wuz a part of his plan,--
He's ben true to _one_ party, an' thet is himself.
390
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: _Biglow Papers,_ No. ii.


=Consolation.=

This grief is crowned with consolation.
391
SHAKS.: _Ant. and Cleo.,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd;
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow;
Raze out the written troubles of the brain;
And, with some sweet oblivious antidote,
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff,
Which weighs upon the heart?
392
SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act v., Sc. 3.


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