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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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SCOTT: _Marmion,_ Canto vi., St. 17


=December.=

And after him came next the chill December:
Yet he, through merry feasting which he made
And great bonfires, did not the cold remember;
His Saviour's birth his mind so much did glad.
510
SPENSER: _Faerie Queene,_ Bk. vii., Canto vii., St. 41.

As soon
Seek roses in December, ice in June.
511
BYRON: _English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,_ Line 75.


=Decency.=

Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.
512
EARL OF ROSCOMMON: _Essay on Translated Verse_; Line 113.


=Decision.=

If it were done, when 't is done, then 't were well
It were done quickly.
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