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William Congreve. (1670–1729) (continued)

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Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days.

The Old Bachelor. Act ii. Sc. 2.

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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure. 1

The Old Bachelor. Act v. Sc. 1.

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Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s sun to thee may never rise. 2

Letter to Cobham.

Sir Samuel Garth. (1661–1719)

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To die is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar;
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, ’t is o’er.

The Dispensary. Canto iii. Line 225.

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I see the right, and I approve it too,
Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue. 3

Ovid, Metamorphoses, vii. 20 (translated by Tate and Stonestreet, edited by Garth).

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For all their luxury was doing good. 4

Claremont. Line 149.

Colley Cibber. (1671–1757)

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So mourn’d the dame of Ephesus her love,
And thus the soldier arm’d with resolution
Told his soft tale, and was a thriving wooer.

Richard III. (altered). Act ii. Sc. 1.

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Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

Richard III. (altered). Act iii. Sc. 1.

Note 1.
See Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Quotation 10. [back]

Note 2.
Be wise to-day, ’t is madness to defer.—Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night i. line 390. [back]

Note 3.
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.—Petrarch: Sonnet ccxxv. canzone xxi. To Laura in Life.

See Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Quotation 15. [back]

Note 4.
And learn the luxury of doing good.—Oliver Goldsmith: The Traveller, line 22. George Crabbe: Tales of the Hall, book iii. Graves: The Epicure. [back]

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