John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Edward Moore 1712-1757 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Can’t I another’s face commend, And to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead lowers, As if her merit lessen’d yours? |
| The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix. |
| 2 |
| The maid who modestly conceals Her beauties, while she hides, reveals; Give but a glimpse, and fancy draws Whate’er the Grecian Venus was. |
| The Spider and the Bee. Fable x. |
| 3 |
| But from the hoop’s bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound. |
| The Spider and the Bee. Fable x. |
| 4 |
| Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth. |
| The Happy Marriage. |
| 5 |
| I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. 1 |
| The Gamester. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 6 |
| ’T is now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them. |
| The Gamester. Act iii. Sc. 4. |
| 7 |
| Labour for his pains. 2 |
| The Boy and the Rainbow. |
| Note 1. See Johnson, Quotation 98. [back] |
| Note 2. See Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Quotation 1. [back] |