Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies,
Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land. 517 GOLDSMITH: _Traveller,_ Line 282. =Defeat.= Such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep, With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded. 518 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. ii., Line 993. =Defect.= So may a glory from defect arise. 519 ROBERT BROWNING: _Deaf and Dumb._ =Defence.= What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe? 520 MILTON: _Samson Agonistes,_ Line 560. |
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