The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Resolution adopted by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 27 January 1843, in Archibald H. Grimke
‘William Lloyd Garrison: The Abolitionist’ (1891) ch. 16.
7.20 Sir Samuel Garth 1661-1719
Hard was their lodging, homely was their food;
For all their luxury was doing good.
‘Claremont’ (1715) l. 148
A barren superfluity of words.
‘The Dispensary’ (1699) canto 2, l. 82
7.21 Elizabeth Gaskell 1810-65
A man...is so in the way in the house!
‘Cranford’ (1853) ch. 1
‘It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor,’ said Miss Matty, softly, as we settled ourselves in
the counting-house. ‘I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant things are!’
‘Cranford’ (1853) ch. 4
Bombazine would have shown a deeper sense of her loss.
‘Cranford’ (1853) ch. 7
We donnot want dainties, we want belly-fulls; we donnot want gimcrack coats and waistcoats,
we want warm clothes; and so that we get’em, we’d not quarrel wi’ what they’re made on.
‘Mary Barton’ (1848)
That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.
‘Sylvia’s Lovers’ (1863) ch. 1
7.22 Gavarni (Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier) 1804-66
Les enfants terribles.
The embarrassing young.
Title of a series of prints (1842)
7.23 John Gay 1685-1732
O ruddier than the cherry,
O sweeter than the berry.
‘Acis and Galatea’ (performed 1718, published 1732) pt. 2
How, like a moth, the simple maid
Still plays about the flame!
‘The Beggar’s Opera’ (1728) act 1, sc. 4, air 4
Our Polly is a sad slut! nor heeds what we have taught her.
I wonder any man alive will ever rear a daughter!
‘The Beggar’s Opera’ (1728) act 1, sc. 8, air 7
Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had