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| Colley Cibber
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay
Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour.
As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
Banish that fear; my flame can never waste,
For love sincere refines upon the taste.
Conscience avaunt, Richard's himself again:
Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds, to horse, away,
My soul's in arms, and eager for the fray.
Go on, spare no invectives, but open the spout of your eloquence, and see with what a calm, connubial resignation I will both hear and bow to the chastisement.
He that strives not to stem his anger's tide, does a wild horse without a bridle ride. I've lately had two spiders
Crawling upon my startled hopes--
Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me,
Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes:
I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. Losers must have leave to speak.
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light,
Which I must ne'er enjoy?
What are the blessings of the sight?
Oh, tell your poor blind boy!
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love,
And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution
Told his soft Tale, and was a thriving Wooer.
Stolen sweets are best.
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and adore thee.The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
The will for the deed.
This business will never hold water.
Thou strange piece of wild nature!We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang. What have I done? What horrid crime committed?
To me the worst of crimes--outlived my liking.
Words are but empty thanks.
You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion. |
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