The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

7.17 John Nance Garner 1868-1967
The vice-presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.
In O. C. Fisher ‘Cactus Jack’ (1978) ch. 11
7.18 David Garrick 1717-79
Farewell, great painter of mankind!
Who reached the noblest point of art,
Whose pictured morals charm the mind
And through the eye correct the heart.
Epitaph on Hogarth’s monument in Chiswick churchyard
Heart of oak are our ships, heart of oak are our men.
‘Harlequin’s Invasion’ (1759) ‘Heart of Oak’ (song)
Here lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll,
Who wrote like an angel, but talked like poor Poll.
‘Impromptu Epitaph’.
A fellow-feeling makes one wond’rous kind.
‘An Occasional Prologue on Quitting the Theatre’ 10 June 1776
Are these the choice dishes the Doctor has sent us?
Is this the great poet whose works so content us?
This Goldsmith’s fine feast, who has written fine books?
Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
‘On Doctor Goldsmith’s Characteristical Cookery’
Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse;
As undertakers—walk before the hearse.
Prologue to Arthur Murphy’s ‘The Apprentice’ (1756)
I’ve that within—for which there are no plaisters.
Prologue to Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer (1773)
Kitty, a fair, but frozen maid,
Kindled a flame I still deplore.
‘A Riddle’ (1762)
See also George Colman and David Garrick (3.149)
7.19 William Lloyd Garrison 1805-79
I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and
I will be heard!
‘The Liberator’ 1 January 1831 Salutatory Address
Our country is the world—our countrymen are all mankind.
‘The Liberator’ 15 December 1837 Prospectus
The compact which exists between the North and the South is ‘a covenant with death and an
agreement with hell’.