Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
788 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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