Since truth and constancy are vain, Cæsar had his Brutus-Charles the First, his Cromwell-and George the Third-("Treason!" cried the speaker)--may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. w. PATRICK HENRY--Speech, 1765. I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter. JUNIUS-To the Duke of Grafton. x. n. FROUDE-Short Studies on Great Subjects. Party Politics. We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters. 0. FROUDE-Short Studies on Great The burnt child dreads the fire. Nor deem the irrevocable Past, This life of ours is a wild æolian harp of many a joyous strain, But under them all there runs a loud perpetual wail as of souls in pain. LONGFELLOW-Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. IV. We gain T. Justice, judgment, with years, or else years are in vain. S. OWEN MEREDITH. Lucile. Pt. I. Canto III. St. 16. Experience, next to thee I owe, Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way, And giv'st access, though secret she retire. 1. MILTON-Paradise Lost. Bk. IX. Line 807. What man would be wise, let him drink of Of hot and cold: he was nor sad nor merry. But always resolute in most extremes. Where two raging fires meet together, They do consume the thing that feeds their fury: Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all. r. Taming of the Shrew. Act II. Sc. 1. Who can be patient in such extremes? S. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act I. Sc. 1. There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes, Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth. t. BAILEY-Festus. Sc. A Drawing Room. His eyes are songs without words. и. BOVEE--Summaries of Thought. Eyes of gentianellas azure, Staring, winking at the skies. ľ. E. B. BROWNING--Hector in the Garden. |