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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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=Garden.=

A garden, sir,
Wherein all rainbowed flowers were heaped together.
785
CHARLES KINGSLEY: _Saint's Tragedy,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

God the first garden made, and the first city, Cain.
786
COWLEY: _The Garden,_ Essay v.


=Garret.=

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
787
BYRON: _A Sketch._


=Garrick.=

Here lies David Garrick--describe him who can,
An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine;
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line;
Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart,
The man had his failings--a dupe to his art.
Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread,
And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red.
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting:
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