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"He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone."
Charles Churchill / The Rosciad. Line 322.
The Rosciad. Line 322.
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"But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel--must feel themselves."
Charles Churchill / The Rosciad. Line 961.
The Rosciad. Line 961.
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"Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own."
Charles Churchill / The Apology. Line 232.
The Apology. Line 232.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains."
Charles Churchill / Night. Line 271.
Night. Line 271.
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"Apt alliteration 's artful aid."
Charles Churchill / The Prophecy of Famine. Line 86.
The Prophecy of Famine. Line 86.
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"There webs were spread of more than common size, And half-starved spiders prey'd on half-starved flies."
Charles Churchill / The Prophecy of Famine. Line 327.
The Prophecy of Famine. Line 327.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought."
Charles Churchill / Epistle to William Hogarth. Line 645.
Epistle to William Hogarth. Line 645.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame."
Charles Churchill / The Author. Line 233.
The Author. Line 233.
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"Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still."
Charles Churchill / The Farewell. Line 27.
The Farewell. Line 27.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain