Chapter REPUTATION to RESURRECTION of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

REPUTATION to RESURRECTION

REPUTATION.—Thou liest in reputation sick.

Shakespeare.—King Richard II. Act II. Scene 1. (Gaunt to the King.)

How difficult is it to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance!

Petrarch.—His Life, by Mrs. Dobson, Vol. I. Page 303.

At an assembly at Bath there was a number of ladies of rank, chiefly remarkable for the delicacy of their reputation.

Life Of Sheridan, by G. G. S.

Bankrupt in fortune and reputation.

Sheridan.—The School for Scandal, Act I. Scene 1.

RESOLUTION.—Put on
The dauntless spirit of resolution.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act V. Scene 1. (The Bastard to the King.)

The native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of though;
And enterprises of great pith and moment,
With this regard, their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 1. (His Soliloquy.)

REST.—Rest thy unrest on England’s lawful earth.

Shakespeare.—King Richard III. Act IV. Scene 4. (Duchess of York.)

So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him!

Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII. Act IV. Scene 2. (Katherine on hearing of Wolsey’s death.) Silken rest

Tie all thy cares up.

Beaumont and Fletcher.—Four Plays in One, Scene 3.

Come, lay thy head upon my breast,
And I will kiss thee into rest.

Byron.—The Bride of Abydos, Canto I. Stanza 11.

REST.—Rest is the sweet sauce of labour.

Plutarch.—Morals, Discourse I.

Rest after labour.

Pollok.—The Course of Time, Book V.

Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!—
Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest.

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 2. (Romeo, the night before his Marriage.)

RESTORATION.—Once more the godlike David was restored,
And willing nations knew their lawful lord.

Dryden.—Absalom and Ahithophel, Part I. last line.