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"Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore."
Cooper's Hill. Line 165.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full."
Cooper's Hill. Line 189.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year."
The Sophy. A Tragedy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain."
On Mr. John Fletcher's Works.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain