Chapter BUSY to CALM of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act III. Scene I. (Mark Anthony lamenting over Cæsar.)

CAKES AND ALE.—Dost thou think because thou art virtuous.
There shall be no more cakes and ale?

Shakespeare.—Twelfth Night, Act II. Scene 3. (Sir Toby to the Clown.)

CALAMITIES.—Since, with an equal weight on all,
Calamities domestic fall.

Wheelwright’s Pindar, 1st Nemean Ode, Line 78.

CALEDONIA.—O Caledonia! stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of my sires! what mortal hand,
Can e’er untie the filial band
That knits me to thy rugged strand!

Scott.—Last Minstrel, Canto VI. Stanza 2.

CALM.—How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone.

Tom Moore.—The Fire Worshippers.

The holy calm that leads to heavenly musing.

Rogers.—Human Life, Page 83, Edition 1834.

1. See me, how calm I am.
2. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others.

Goldsmith.—She Stoops to Conquer.