Chapter MELTING MOOD to MERCHANT of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

MELTING MOOD to MERCHANT

MELTING MOOD.—Albeit unused to the melting mood.

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act V. Scene 2.

MEMORY.—From the table of my memory
I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 5.

No, Doctor, I have no command of my memory; it only retains what happens to hit my fancy; and like enough, sir, if you were to preach to me for a couple of hours on end, I might be unable at the close of the discourse to remember one word of it.

Scott.—Introd. to Ann of Geierstein.

I pleas’d remember, and while mem’ry yet
Holds fast her office here, can ne’er forget.

Cowper.—Tirocinium.

O! while all-conscious memory holds her power,
Can I forget that sweetly-painful hour.

Falconer.—Shipwreck, Canto I.

Remember thee?
Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat
In this distracted globe.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 5.

MEN.—Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.

Byron.—Don Juan, Canto V. Stanza 17.

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men.

Samuel.—Book I. Chap IV. Verse 9.

Play the men.

Dryden.—The Tempest, Act I. Scene 1.

These men are Fortune’s jewels, moulded bright,
Brought forth with their own fire and light.

Cowley.—The Motto, Line 9.

Then men were men; but now the greater part
Beasts are in life, and women are in heart.

Hall.—(Bishop of Norwich.) Satire VI.

Men are but children of a larger growth.

Dryden.—All for Love, Act IV. Scene 1.—Dr. Watts, in his “Improvement of the Mind,” Part II. Chap. V.; and Robert Lloyd, in his “Epistle to Colman,” are identical with Seneca.

MEN.—They are but children too, though they have grey hairs: they are indeed of a larger size.

Seneca.—On Anger, Chap. VIII.

To each his sufferings: all are men,
Condemn’d alike to groan;
The tender for another’s pain,
The unfeeling for his own.