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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Of seeming arms to make a short essay,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n hasten to be drunk, the business <strong>of</strong> the day.<br />

‘Cymon and Iphigenia’ (1700) l. 407<br />

His colours laid so thick on every place,<br />

As only showed the paint, but hid the face.<br />

Epistle ‘To my honoured friend Sir Robert Howard’ l. 75<br />

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought,<br />

Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.<br />

<strong>The</strong> wise, for cure, on exercise depend;<br />

God never made his work, for man to mend.<br />

Epistle ‘To my honoured kinsman John Driden’ l. 92<br />

Even victors are by victories undone.<br />

Epistle ‘To my honoured kinsman John Driden’ l. 164<br />

For he was great, ere fortune made him so.<br />

‘Heroic Stanzas’ (1659, on the death <strong>of</strong> Oliver Cromwell) st. 6<br />

And doomed to death, though fated not to die.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 1, l. 8<br />

For truth has such a face and such a mien<br />

As to be loved needs only to be seen.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 1, l. 33<br />

My manhood, long misled by wandering fires,<br />

Followed false lights; and when their glimpse was gone<br />

My pride struck out new sparkles <strong>of</strong> her own...<br />

Good life be now my task: my doubts are done;<br />

(What more could fright my faith than Three in One?)<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 1, l. 72<br />

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive:<br />

<strong>The</strong> first is law, the last prerogative.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 1, l. 261<br />

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 2, l. 285<br />

Much malice mingled with a little wit<br />

Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 3, l. 1<br />

For present joys are more to flesh and blood<br />

Than a dull prospect <strong>of</strong> a distant good.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Hind and the Panther’ (1687) pt. 3, l. 364<br />

By education most have been misled;<br />

So they believe, because they so were bred.<br />

<strong>The</strong> priest continues what the nurse began,

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