Amusements Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Amusements


It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see. H. C. Bunner—One, Two, Three.	1
So good things may be abused, and that which was first invented to refresh men’s weary spirits. Burton—Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. II. Sec. II. Mem. 4.	2
I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice. Samuel Johnson—Boswell’s Life of Johnson. (1772).	3
Play up, play up, and play the game. Sir Henry Newbolt—Vital Lampada.	4
Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races. Praed—Fancy Ball. St. 6.	5
Where is our usual manager of mirth? What revels are in hand? Is there no play, To ease the anguish of a torturing hour? Midsummer Night’s Dream. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 35.	6
We cry for mercy to the next amusement, The next amusement mortgages our fields. Young—Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 131.	7