George (Marian Evans Cross) Eliot. 1819-1880. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

George (Marian Evans Cross) Eliot. (1819–1880)


1
Creeds of terror.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
2
A serious ape whom none take seriously, Obliged in this fool’s world to earn his nuts By hard buffoonery.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
3
His smile is sweetened by his gravity.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
4
Certain winds will make men’s temper bad.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
5
Sad as a wasted passion.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
6
Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
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Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
8
Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summers dead, And all sad sounds are nature’s funeral cries For what has been and is not.
Spanish Gypsy. Book i.
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Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?
A College Breakfast-party.
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Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.
Poems: Oh may I join the Choir invisible.



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It’s but little good you’ll do watering last year’s crops.
Adam Bede. Chap. xviii.
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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. 1
Adam Bede. Chap. xxxiii.
13
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
Romola. Book iii. Chap. xvii.
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Men’s men: gentle or simple, they’re much of a muchness.
Daniel Deronda. Book iv. Chap. xxxi.

Note 1.
Rostand: Chantecler: Hymn to the Sun, page 998. [back]