Robert Blair: Frases en inglés
“Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!”
Part I, line 109.
The Grave (1743)
“The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”
Part I, line 58. Compare: "Whistling to keep myself from being afraid", John Dryden, Amphitryon Act iii, scene 1.
The Grave (1743)
“Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul!
Sweetener of life! and solder of society!”
Part I, line 88.
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Part II, line 586. Compare: "Like angels’ visits, short and bright", John Norris, The Parting.
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“The common damn'd shun their society.”
Referring to suicides in Hell. Attributed to Lamb, but not found in his works.
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“The cup goes round:
And who so artful as to put it by!
'T is long since Death had the majority.”
Part II, line 449.
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