I made no inquiry about the fate of the score of my great symphony performed at Leipzig in earlier days, which I had more or less forced upon him so many years ago.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

The place availeth little if the spirit of devotion is wanting; nor shall that peace stand long which is sought from abroad, if the state of thy heart is without the true foundation, that is, if it abide not in Me.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

Olga Ivanovna was jealous of the picture and hated it, but from politeness she stood before the picture for five minutes in silence, and, heaving a sigh, as though before a holy shrine, said softly: “Yes, you have never painted anything like it before.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The man who had stayed in the boat slowly filled his pipe and lighted it.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Such is the composition of what is called the fashionable company at Bath; where a very inconsiderable proportion of genteel people are lost in a mob of impudent plebeians, who have neither understanding nor judgment, nor the least idea of propriety and decorum; and seem to enjoy nothing so much as an opportunity of insulting their betters.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The growth of patriotism at length is measured by its shadow.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Noah’s memorable voyage will always possess a living interest for me, henceforward.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Past , a form of present, 519 , 5; and future, our relation to, 521 , 8; cold dead hand of, curative of egotism, 475 , 29; court of the, 422 , 5; events, to be ignorant of, 295 , 41; great spirits of, 431 , 39; grief over, natural, 274 , 28; how to appropriate, 454 , 8; how to treat, 501 , 15; key to future, 404 , 22; lamenting, vain, 494 , 2; no concern to us, 180 , 9; no erasing the, 294 , 40; not to be lamented, 103 , 47; not to be undone, 23 , 11; not wasted if we rise on its ruins, 311 , 46; our yearning after, 15 , 37; present, and future, compared, 429 , 37; present, and future, how to regard, 252 , 58; the barbaric, study of, 264 , 1; the hours of the, 302 , 22; the, sayings about, 447 , 2-7; the soul of, in books, 185 , 15; unalterable, 312 , 33 Pastime , the dearest, 65 , 8 Pastor , profession of, 107 , 11 Pastors , ungracious, conduct of, 71 , 25 Pastures , good, 130 , 3 Patch rather than a hole, 28 , 27 Paternity in law, 87 , 23 Pates , lean, fat paunches make, 102 , 45 Path , a best, for every man, 471 , 13; the beaten, safe, 513 , 43, 44; the best, through life, 417 , 53; the direct, 61 , 33; sure and honest heart, all, 215 , 28 Pathetic , the, its elements, 447 , 14 Pathway , a, to be made where none visible, 548 , 18 Patience , a lesson in, 75 , 12; a prayer, 432 , 35; abused, 343 , 20; against fortune, 484 , 33; an alleviator, 74 , 34; and faith, 449 , 24; and its fruit, 226 , 37; and perseverance, power of, 180 , 25; as a passion, 82 , 24; as a remedy, 15 , 32; as an antidote, 226 , 39; attained no small feat, 124 , 3; being out of, 553 , 24; better than learning, 119 , 19; commended, 558 , 40; 566 , 34; cowardice in noble hearts, 414 , 36; defined, 226 , 38; exhortation to, 509 , 21; in man and wife, 314 , 14; in seeking the Lord, 394 , 5; like, on a monument, 389 , 12; more than brains, 77 , 32; nobler than beauty, 82 , 23; Kepler's, of faith, 174 , 8; oil of the lamp, 266 , 23; power of, 175 , 37; 179 , 38; 237 , 23; 295 , 48; 338 , 47; 342 , 55; 464 , 32; prayed for, 217 , 22; preached by all, 9 , 63; rampart of courage, 112 , 53; sort thy heart to, 400 , 17; versus haste, 54 , 21; want of, 162 , 15; want of, want of philosophy, 554 , 34; when outraged often, 117 , 47; worth the pains, 146 , 20 Patient man, fury of, 29 , 72 Patriot , glory of, 205 , 35; the, who saves his country, 478 , 14 {pg 629} Patriotism , as an affection, 36 , 19; unfelt at Marathon, 413 , 44; its substitutes under despotism, 506 , 21; power of, in the heart, 315 , 33 Patriots , great, excellent as men, 133 , 41 Patron , Johnson's description of, 16 , 22 Patronage , begging, 162 , 23; two kinds of, 505 , 28 Paul and David, our opinions of, 523 , 17 Paunch , a fat, without fine sense, 348 , 44 Pay , a true man's, 306 , 33 Pay-day , its recurrence, 569 , 10 Peace , a certain, safer than an expected victory, 272 , 42; and anger, contrasted, 35 , 6; and concord, the price of, 483 , 39; and joy from content and love, 249 , 19; and plenty, the brood of, 349 , 50; and war, effects of, compared, 518 , 42, 46; beautiful, 382 , 13; becoming in men, 35 , 6; dependence of, on neighbours, 289 , 6; few qualified for, 484 , 25; first duty of citizen, 378 , 24; how alone attainable, 306 , 34; how to live in, 324 , 9; how to preserve, 490 , 35; how to secure, 240 , 51; 390 , 41; in heaven and on earth, 344 , 47; life in, 149 , 4; man in, 188 , 52, 53; no, apart from ideal, 26 , 58; no, perfect, 202 , 5; no, without arms, 295 , 34; only ground of, 314 , 1; our love for, 525 , 33; sacrifices for, 467 , 11; secret of, 537 , 16; the foes of, 329 , 35; tranquil, a wish, 272 , 34 Peaceful , the, peace-making, 106 , 53 Peacemakers , the, 447 , 16 Peaks , loftiest, in clouds, 550 , 35 Pearls , give not, to swine, 123 , 21; in the deep, 185 , 51; tears, 346 , 28; to be dived for, 85 , 7 Peasant , contrasted with philosopher, 460 , 4; with fowl in pot, 211 , 23 Peasantry , a brave, value of, 33 , 1 Pebble , casting, from hand, effect of, 199 , 1 Pedagogue , the, and the age, 457 , 2 Pedant , a, defined, 16 , 25; 152 , 48; a female, offensive, 164 , 41; and teacher contrasted, 234 , 23; the real, 437 , 8 Pedantry , defined, 54 , 11; origin and evil of, 421 , 24; vacancy, 344 , 25 Pedigree , kingly, traced backwards, 534 , 25; mere, of no avail, 402 , 34; pride of, 522 , 27 Peerage , the English, 530 , 37 Pen , magic of, 440 , 12; mightier than sword, 447 , 18; most wonderful of tools, 296 , 64; steadying power of, 509 , 39; strokes of, to be deliberate, 455 , 31 Penalty , according to offence, 4 , 59; paid by innocent, 77 , 49 Penitence , better than casuistry, 200 , 15 Penny , a bad, 32 , 12; to spend, I hae a, 166 , 28 Penury , abyss of, 296 , 56 People , a great, condition of continued power of, 448 , 36; a great, instinctive feeling of, 437 , 1; a, without religion, 253 , 2; chief glory of a, 420 , 5; choice of, measure of, 123 , 42; common-place, how to win, 333 , 21; effect of treating, as they are or should be, 546 , 41; glory of, 430 , 11; great, special gifts of God, 134 , 42; heart of a country, 234 , 26; high-class, rule of intercourse with, 187 , 34; how to move the heart of, 303 , 12; how to understand, 556 , 34; mass of, characterised, 431 , 27; most objectionable, 444 , 4; only three classes of, 468 , 3; silence of, a lesson to kings, 235 , 11; sympathetic, 408 , 35; that sing, safe to live among, 560 , 12; the, and kings, 447 , 20, 23; the, and their orators, 234 , 27; the, miscreant calling himself, 186 , 44; the, open to flattery, 312 , 38; the, supreme law of, 379 , 51; the, voice of, 347 , 31; the, voice of, to be regarded, 389 , 35; the, their fondness for deception, 353 , 1; voice of, how to regard, 461 , 9; with no annals, 140 , 28; without laws, 79 , 42 Peoples , great, conservative, 9 , 40 Perception , of a fact, a fact, 288 , 17; want of, fatal, 461 , 17 Perdition catch my soul, 96 , 16 Perfect , nothing, till humanised, 315 , 32; the, around us, 522 , 34; thing, treatment of, 362 , 21 Perfection , by nature and by art, 272 , 43; claim of, 145 , 40; desire of, a disease, 423 , 9; dumb, 544 , 19; easily dispensed with, 333 , 28; end of, 540 , 3; from trifles, 499 , 23; greater, dispensable, 520 , 41; how to arrive at, 489 , 37; in art, demand for, 302 , 9; in heaven's regard and man's, 517 , 18; in one's self to be aimed at, 28 , 12; law of, 227 , 3; sought in another, 75 , 4; supreme, 537 , 9; the three sources of, 468 , 30 Perfumed , like a milliner, 114 , 43 Perhaps , a great, in quest of, 210 , 36 Perishable , to be made imperishable, 521 , 26 Perjuries , lovers', 72 , 6 Perjury , the punishment of, 346 , 27; when a virtue, 234 , 20 Permanence , the condition of, 354 , 36 Perplexity , moral, 1 , 39 Persecution , better than being shunned, 29 , 15; history of, 435 , 19 Perseverance , effect of, 496 , 31; gain of, 34 , 10; law of, 438 , 21; power of, 80 , 54; 96 , 54; 135 , 29; rarer than effort, 227 , 8; reward of, 496 , 12; 553 , 26; virtue of, 56 , 38; 346 , 30; want of, 142 , 34 Persistence , merit of, 346 , 30, 31 Persistency , attracts confidence, 89 , 27 Person , a third, annoyance to two, 82 , 4; a worthy, respected by the good, 143 , 17; mystery of a, 444 , 28 Personality , great, how to respect, 492 , 23 Persons , and things to be taken as they are, 276 , 13; criticising of, 476 , 29; great, behaviour towards, 498 , 45; interesting, the only, 335 , 8; the emphasis of, 425 , 4; universally treated ill, 526 , 5; who please us, 443 , 14 Persuasion , and faith, power of, 279 , 32; law of, 241 , 16; power of, 104 , 57; 312 , 23; susceptibility to, the rule, 336 , 5 Perversion , last stage of, 438 , 8 Perversities , greatest of all, 432 , 29 Pervert , no, fit for kingdom of God, 303 , 47 Perverted minds, effect of things on, 328 , 22 Pestilence , evil of, 101 , 31 Peter more feared than respected, 117 , 29 Petition to God, a precept, 93 , 48 Petticoat government, 32 , 47 Phaëton , epitaph on, 156 , 14 Phariseeism intolerable, 468 , 29 Pharmacopœia , Napoleon's, 520 , 28 Philanthropic , the, mistaken occupation of, 417 , 31 Philanthropy , a vain, 536 , 5; mere, not the aim of life, 256 , 38; true, 482 , 3; with a flaw, 414 , 5 Philina on her days and nights, 212 , 13 Philip II. of Spain's boast, 170 , 5 Philistinism , instance of, 203 , 3 Philosopher , and the toothache, 477 , 37; and trifles, 150 , 17; characteristics of, 489 , 42, 43; content with being, 177 , 16; contrasted with peasant, 436 , 15; 460 , 4; defined, 447 , 34, 35; dejection unseemly in, 56 , 45; his first business, 428 , 8; most aspiring, his proudest boast, 449 , 50; object and duty of, 445 , 20; should not swear, 324 , 26; the, and practical interests, 558 , 33; the, characteristic of, 419 , 43; true, character of, 419 , 41; without good-breeding, 452 , 27; work for a, 495 , 36 Philosopher's , stone, a, 21 , 23; stone, the, 343 , 60; stone, the true, 47 , 18, 23; 177 , 1 Philosophers , a trouble to the world, 278 , 37; in talk, fools in art, 269 , 45; Rousseau on, 409 , 18; their opposite views of man, 398 , 42 {pg 630} Philosophic study, the condition of, 421 , 39 Philosophical , act, the true, 459 , 3; systems, worthlessness of, 550 , 8 Philosophies , man's supplements of his practice, 267 , 5 Philosophising , true, 383 , 41 Philosophisings , cold, in presence of heart, 444 , 37 Philosophism , fruit of, in France, 310 , 4 Philosophy , a deliverer and a defender, 227 , 5; a genuine, 494 , 11; a test of a man's, 315 , 23; according to Plato and to Bacon, 189 , 6; after defeat, 333 , 6; and adversity, 4 , 71; and Christianity, 42 , 52; and divinity, 70 , 12; and misfortune, 227 , 7; as deceptive, 227 , 6; beginning of all, 459 , 3; best part of, 221 , 12; compared with poetry, 350 , 41; compared with religion, 372 , 7, 17; defined, 537 , 3; divine, 161 , 7; effects of little, and of depth in, 8 , 48; effect of, on one in fear, 449 , 5; existence and necessity of, 442 , 6; first qualification for, 61 , 14; function of, 516 , 23; glory of, 430 , 13; importance of, 81 , 40; 559 , 41; misapplied, 521 , 25; motive to, 207 , 9; not enough, 26 , 2; permanent, 550 , 7; politics harmful to, 313 , 47; power of, 70 , 9; problem of, 449 , 30; sayings about, 447 , 37, 38; small draughts of, and large, 394 , 23; temple of, qualification for entering, 508 , 3; the beginning and end of, 192 , 33; the one, 471 , 17; the first cause of, 561 , 44; the sign of a ripened, 13 , 51; the two objects of, 423 , 40; too austere, 497 , 30; vanity of fortifying one's self with, 492 , 9; visible, 426 , 17 Phocion to Demosthenes, 271 , 37 Phœnix , a symbol of progress, 106 , 20; the, burning of, 190 , 11 Phœnix-bird in the fire, 545 , 46 Physic , hated, yet helpful, 484 , 32; the best, 533 , 31; to the dogs, 485 , 42 Physician , a, to be old, 212 , 48; dispensed with, 559 , 1; must be humane, 78 , 35; no perfect, 334 , 25; profession of, 107 , 11; those who need, 479 , 33; to be honoured, 159 , 50; who has never been sick, 303 , 48; wise, usefulness of, 25 , 1 Physicians , I die by the help of too many, 165 , 41; many, bad sign of a state, 226 , 16; the two best, 411 , 48; two real, 227 , 37 Physiognomists , the best, 348 , 24 Physique , effect of, on estimate of self, 278 , 5 Picture , good, a sermon, 91 , 10; poem without words, 287 , 37; to ensure a genuine, 240 , 27 Pictures , attraction of, 174 , 23; by nature, 72 , 7; good, shades and lights in, 468 , 9; importance of arrangement in, 323 , 20; pleasure in, 519 , 31 Piece , a, how to compose, 119 , 15 Piety , among the ruins of Iona, 413 , 44; and reason to be combined, 526 , 39; ascetic, 120 , 27; but a means, 116 , 38; defined by Cicero, 216 , 30; how best displayed, 334 , 38; real, 334 , 1; the, of a reformed man, 24 , 56; to be kept distinct from art, 345 , 22 Pig , every, scrubbing, 152 , 12 Pigeons , no, ready roasted, 119 , 12, 13 Pilate , jesting, without eye for truth, 212 , 34 Pilgrimages , profitlessness of, 148 , 6 Pilgrims , few, saints, 105 , 19 Pillow , a sibyl, 447 , 40 Pills , sugared, 16 , 56; to be swallowed, 348 , 42 Pilot , of Galilean Lake, 447 , 41; vigilance required in, 39 , 41 Pilotage , in calm, 184 , 8; in storm, 184 , 10 Pilots , skilful, reputation of, how gained, 393 , 17 Pindar , passion of, mine, 542 , 30 Pious , honoured by gods and men, 51 , 38; 447 , 44 Pipe , that is not played on, 540 , 16 Pity , akin to humour, 164 , 9; ere charity, 36 , 7; how to show, 389 , 40; human, power of, 283 , 26; no, without rigour, 12 , 46; not hatred, 71 , 44; object of, 425 , 22; often more becoming than envy, 383 , 36; our, measure of, 527 , 47; rather than envy, 29 , 27; through severity, 396 , 44; virtue of law, 110 , 38 Pitying better than condemning, 201 , 26 Place , a consecrated, 46 , 43; a man below his, 152 , 30; dignified by deed, 116 , 13; preparation for a, 488 , 37; trodden by a good man, 447 , 46 Places and place-holders, 63 , 45 Plagiarism , Kingsley on, 301 , 37 Plagiarists , honest, 10 , 45 Plain , blunt man, a, 164 , 49; the perfectly, 381 , 37 Plain-dealing , exceptional, 313 , 37; in disfavour, 107 , 30 Plain-spokenness , an eccentricity, 177 , 22 Plan , the divine, no need to understand, 155 , 16 Planet , rather than moon, 166 , 23; sceptre of the, 458 , 30 Plant , often removed, 16 , 39 Plate , enjoyed as earthenware, 133 , 37 Plato , as a thinker, 453 , 7; father of thought, 340 , 10; fruitlessness of his teachings, 314 , 34; the greatness of, 349 , 19; thought of, mine, 542 , 30; treatment of, 349 , 20; wrong with, rather than right with others, 84 , 45 Plato's "Republic," 331, 27 Plausibility and truth, 355 , 15 Player , and the times, 253 , 6; might teach parson, 169 , 49 Playfulness after exertion, 151 , 26 Playing , too much, 492 , 5 Pleasant , mingled with bitter, 271 , 55; and unpleasant, matter of habit, 316 , 25 Pleasantry , must be spontaneous, 101 , 43; with whom to risk, 528 , 37 Please , others how to, 510 , 20; to, as a wish, 89 , 4 Pleasing , art of, 416 , 22; every one pleasing none, 151 , 20; many a vain attempt, 217 , 5; no, every one, 117 , 6; pleasure of, 520 , 37 Pleasure , a man of, 12 , 34; after pain, 376 , 5; and fear of the penalty, 65 , 26; and pain, 32 , 35; 340 , 42; and pain, cousins german, 229 , 6; as a moralist, 474 , 24; at expense of pain, 308 , 29; blinding power of, 223 , 22; cost of, 10 , 16; diving for, 186 , 9; effect of indulgence in, 271 , 20; effect of, on sense of time, 349 , 29; effect of refinement upon, 443 , 18; evil only when enslaving, 82 , 51; excess of, criminal, 242 , 32; from activity, 93 , 50; illusory, hope of, 403 , 24; intellectual and sensual, 191 , 14; lawful, 84 , 38; looked forward to, 79 , 41; men's proneness to, 158 , 46; mere, as motive of action, 278 , 23; no compensation for pain, 31 , 17; not to be despised, 168 , 6; of the world, a dream, 362 , 22; precursor of grief, 136 , 37; pursuit of, demoralising, 147 , 26; sacrifice of, a gain, 198 , 16; sacrificing, to duty, 149 , 35; satieties of, 467 , 28; sequel to, 485 , 45; that strikes the soul, 448 , 8; the most exquisite, 234 , 28; the sweetest, 324 , 28; to an ill-conditioned being, 489 , 33; true, the fountain of, 188 , 47; without reason, result of, 407 , 28; without self-flattery, 330 , 3 Pleasure-seeker , the, 448 , 5 Pleasures , bitter when abused, 239 , 18; Burns on evanescence of, 33 , 22; great, rarer than great pains, 134 , 43; how enhanced, 517 , 22; how to look at, 252 , 58; like wine, 526 , 14; mental, never cloy, 278 , 3; not to be exalted, 294 , 39; of the world, the, 448 , 9; our, and pains, 339 , 1; our, how protracted, 338 , 49; temperate man's, 457 , 3; the sweetest, 325 , 10; tranquil, 498 , 55 Plenty , everywhere, 271 , 48 Pliability , and firmness, 179 , 8; man's, characterised, 408 , 27 Plodders , continued, gain of, from other's books, 394 , 25 {pg 631} Plodding , effect of, 480 , 2; not easy, 201 , 38; universal, evil of, 555 , 32 Ploughman's clocks, 278 , 32 Ploughshare , soldiers of, 397 , 10 Poem , a great, suggestive, 91 , 18; a heroic, at bottom, 473 , 8; a, what makes 204, 10; an indifferent, writing, and understanding a good, 201 , 21; as image of life, 16 , 43; heroic, qualification for composing, 153 , 2; qualities of a true, 110 , 40; 310 , 35; true, writer of, his reward, 437 , 10; which is not sung, 536 , 40 Poems , all great, foundation of, 324 , 24; by mere water-drinkers, 318 , 15; for the day and for all time, 138 , 41; heroic, how to produce, 241 , 17; old, sacred, 380 , 24; painted window-panes, 119 , 18 Poesy , difficulties in, 316 , 31; immortal, 227 , 15; spirit of, 454 , 37 Poet , a, defined, 486 , 19; a, for everything, 75 , 21; a, how to understand, 556 , 25; a necessary qualification for, 559 , 27; a, of superior merit, not to be described, 384 , 28; a, on canvas, same as in song, 16 , 47; a word for, 409 , 29; akin to madman, 24 , 17; always waited for, 426 , 22; and his inspiration, 203 , 37; as representing a class of men, 273 , 40; as revealer of beauty, 150 , 50; business of, 489 , 39; by birth, 350 , 36; coin of a, 163 , 6; delight of, in wandering, 80 , 3; distinguished from prophet, 449 , 46; dramatic, Horace on, 370 , 40; dramatic, two qualifications of, 503 , 36; everywhere in his place, 549 , 20; eyes to other men, 284 , 14; function of, 64 , 21; 206 , 37; genius necessary to, 489 , 40; God the perfect, 127 , 5; great, limitedness of, 311 , 27; high watch-tower of, 59 , 48; his resources, 406 , 17; how formed, 492 , 32; licence conceded to, 348 , 25; like the eagle, 444 , 31; lyric and epic, beverages of, 440 , 11; native land of, 444 , 31; Nature's teaching to, 531 , 35; nothing useless to a, 489 , 24; object of, 445 , 19; of to-day, and the wealth he inherits, 522 , 12; often child of love, 325 , 34; pen of, tempered with love's sighs, 296 , 19; qualification of, 252 , 4; qualifications for, 303 , 2, 3; satirical, a check, 18 , 60; sayings about, 448 , 11-19; scared by the mob, 322 , 8; sign of the, 453 , 33; spirit required of, 237 , 4; suffering necessary to, 426 , 23; the, advice to, 558 , 41; the, and troubles of life, 540 , 18; the, attributes of, 16 , 44-46; the business of, 14 , 16; the complete, his outfit, 421 , 16; the eye of, 470 , 21; the high priesthood of, 550 , 41; the irreligious, 437 , 13; the note-book of, 426 , 30; the only teller of news, 446 , 21; the struggle of the, 93 , 51; the true, 459 , 4-6; to be, one must be a poem, 152 , 54; to sing to himself and the Muses, 34 , 59; what he has to cultivate and shun, 539 , 2; what it is to be a, 489 , 44; what makes a, 198 , 49; what makes the, 373 , 11; with nothing to interpret and reveal, 174 , 29; without poetic frenzy, 554 , 27; who entitled to be called, 50 , 48; work for a, 495 , 36 Poet's gift, Horace's admiration of, 182 , 8 Poetasters , conceit of, 218 , 23 Poetic , art, destiny of, 508 , 31; genius, the test of, 457 , 13; pains, a pleasure in, 470 , 16 Poet-priest still waited for, 465 , 14 Poetry , ancient and modern, contrasted, 448 , 20; and prose, defined, 358 , 20; and words, 562 , 12; as an educator of children, 411 , 14; at bottom, 313 , 4; attractive power of, 24 , 39; averse to reasoning, 71 , 32; born of pain or sorrow, 350 , 33; by a bad man, 389 , 37; compared with painting, 340 , 51; contrasted with science, 382 , 37; 383 , 2; elements or subjects of, 425 , 3; essence of, 426 , 1; from an engineer, 566 , 27; good, personification, 130 , 5; how to understand, 565 , 19; if nonsense, when reduced to prose, 200 , 2; in common lives, 476 , 20; inferior, denounced, 193 , 47; its dwelling-place, 372 , 27; its relation to philosophy, 345 , 8; its sadness objected to, 535 , 34; lyric, 258 , 26; mediocre, 466 , 32; mistaken test of, 198 , 13; must be of ideas, 184 , 22; not dead, 372 , 27; not the thing now wanted, 358 , 11; nursed by wrong, 284 , 42; of eighteenth century, 339 , 2; old-fashioned, character of, 327 , 13; organic, 377 , 19; popular, fault of, 448 , 13; second-rate, condemned, 558 , 42; surpassed by music, 286 , 47; the elevating power of, 200 , 44; the essence of, 369 , 19; the kingdom of, 54 , 24; the life of, 562 , 12; the only, 335 , 11; 446 , 12; transporting, 315 , 35; true, in the fields, 567 , 33; true, truer than science, 500 , 29; value and dignity of, 559 , 42; value of, 565 , 19; who has no ear for, 532 , 10; without taste for, 150 , 38 Poets , at first and at last, 528 , 2; a question about, 487 , 45; and poverty, 354 , 16; but two orders of, 503 , 48; contrasted with orators, 289 , 42; good, inspired interpreters, 130 , 6; great, and their readers, 310 , 22; great, best qualities in, 10 , 30; great, how their works have been read, 464 , 3; great, of slow growth, 315 , 12; great (see Great Poets ); make witty, 157 , 22; mediocrity in, 272 , 2; modern, Goethe on, 281 , 29; nature-made, 291 , 50; our, Emerson on, 339 , 3; sensitive, 121 , 48; their wish, 24 , 21; three, of Greece, Italy, and England, 485 , 23; to be fed, not pampered, 84 , 16 Poison , slow, dangerous, 16 , 48; 79 , 12; those that need, 479 , 14 Polarity , our own, our law, 521 , 30 Policy , and incidents, 192 , 55; object of all true, 445 , 15; the best, 35 , 9 Polish , what is alone susceptible of, 335 , 22 Polite people, excessively, designing, 347 , 5 Politeness , benefit of, 28 , 19; defined, 227 , 16; estimable, 376 , 51; morally rooted, 301 , 46; of wise and fools, 462 , 31; only source of, 446 , 24; true, 38 , 19; value of, 474 , 6; wise and foolish, 21 , 61 Political , economy, real science of, 450 , 43; watchword, highest, 435 , 5 Politician , object and duty of, 445 , 20 Politic
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Poems Newman's poems are not so well known as his prose, but the reader who examines the Lyra Apostolica and Verses on Various Occasions will find many short poems that stir a religious nature profoundly by their pure and lofty imagination; and future generations may pronounce one of these poems, "The Dream of Gerontius," to be Newman's most enduring work.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

They had another advantage in producing a large image, or they would probably have given way to the reflector.
— from Astronomical Discovery by H. H. (Herbert Hall) Turner

Mayhall's mouth widened to the full stretch of his lean jaws, and, when Bill was through reading, he silently reached for the paper and looked it up and down and over and over, muttering: "Well—well—well!"
— from Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories by Fox, John, Jr.

Where other men paused and lingered in the hope of finding gold, he passed on and discovered the metal where others least expected to find it.
— from When Dreams Come True by Ritter Brown

The references are to the page and line in the original.
— from The Crimson Sign A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot by S. R. (Samuel Robert) Keightley

Close by, he paused, and laid it tenderly across the saddle of his white horse, whinnying low and waiting.
— from The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy by Marjorie Bowen

"I always placed a literal interpretation on the twenty-eighth chapter of the first book of Samuel.
— from Amusement Only by Richard Marsh

In the evening I softly lifted it out, carried it to a remote place, and left it, just as any other heartless person would drop an unwelcome kitten.
— from Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Albert Bigelow Paine

Suppose an electrical current, supplying a whole city with power and light, is passing through a wire.
— from Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by John Andreas Widtsoe

They have always a distinguished air in a crowd, and it is easy, after seeing them, to imagine the part they played as leaders in the revolution of the three days.
— from Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Nathaniel Parker Willis