Chapter CHAPTER to CHILDHOOD of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

CHAPTER to CHILDHOOD

CHAPTER.—Who read a chapter when they rise,
Shall ne’er be troubled with ill eyes.

George Herbert.—The Temple; Charms and Knots.

CHARITY.—O, poor charity!
Thou art seldom found in scarlet.

Webster.—The White Devil.

CHARMS.—How often have I paused on every charm,
The shelter’d cot, the cultivated farm,
The never- failing brook, the busy mill,
The decent church that topp’d the neighbouring hill;
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.

Goldsmith.—Deserted Village, Line 9.

CHARTER—I must have liberty
Withal, as large a charter as the wind,
To blow on whom I please.

Shakespeare.—As you Like It, Act II. Scene 7. (Jaques to Duke S.)

When he speaks,
The air, a charter’d libertine, is still.

Shakespeare.—King Henry V. Act I. Scene 1. (Canterbury to Eliza.)

CHASE.—That excellent grand tyrant of the earth,
Thy womb let loose, to chase us to our graves.

Shakespeare.—King Richard III. Act IV. Scene 4. (Queen Margaret to the Duchess.)

CHASTITY.—She, that has that, is clad in complete steel.

Milton.—Comus.

CHATHAM.—His speech, his form, his action, full of grace,
And all his country beaming in his face,
He stood, as some inimitable hand
Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand.

Cowper.—Table Talk, Line 347.

Such men are raised to station and command,
When Providence means mercy to a land.

Cowper.—Ibid., Line 355.

CHEEK.—See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 2.

[Oh, that I were a flea upon that lip!—Shirley; The School of Compliments. Oh, that I were a veil upon that face!—S. Marmion; The Antiquary, Act II. Scene 1. See Dodsley’s Coll. of Old Plays, Vol X. p. 26.]

CHERRY.—We grew together
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted.

Shakespeare.—Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III. Scene 2. (Helena to Hermia.)

CHEWING.—Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy.

Shakespeare.—As you Like It, Act IV. Scene 3. (Oliver to Celia in the Forest.)

CHICKENS.—What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam,
At one fell swoop?

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act IV. Scene 3. (Macduff to Malcolm.)