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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
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GOLDSMITH: _Retaliation,_ Line 93.


=Gem.=

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear.
789
GRAY: _Elegy,_ St. 14.


=Genius.=

Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought.
But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
790
DRYDEN: _Epis. to Congreve_ Line 59.

Nor mourn the unalterable Days
That Genius goes and Folly Stays.
791
EMERSON: _In Memoriam._


=Gentleman.=

We are gentlemen,
That neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes,
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