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

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Samuel Butler. (1612–1680) (continued)
 
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other’s sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think ’s sufficient at one time.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 23.
2387
    Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel ’s of by th’ blow;
Some kick’d until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat’s leather.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 221.
2388
    No Indian prince has to his palace
More followers than a thief to the gallows.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 273.
2389
    Quoth she, I ’ve heard old cunning stagers
Say fools for arguments use wagers.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 297.
2390
    Love in your hearts as idly burns
As fire in antique Roman urns. 1
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 309.
2391
    For what is worth in anything
But so much money as ’t will bring?
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 465.
2392
    Love is a boy by poets styl’d;
Then spare the rod and spoil the child. 2
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 843.
2393
    The sun had long since in the lap
Of Thetis taken out his nap,
And, like a lobster boil’d, the morn
From black to red began to turn.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 29.
2394
    Have always been at daggers-drawing,
And one another clapper-clawing.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 79.
2395
    For truth is precious and divine,—
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 257.
2396
    Why should not conscience have vacation
As well as other courts o’ th’ nation?
          Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 317.
 
Note 1.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
William Cowper: Conversation, line 357. [back]
Note 2.
See Skelton, Quotation 1. [back]