Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Footnotes

[281:1] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page [197].

[281:2] "Leads the way" in the stage editions, which contain various interpolations, among them—

See the conquering hero comes!

Sound the trumpet, beat the drums!—

which was first used by Handel in "Joshua," and afterwards transferred to "Judas Maccabæus." The text of both oratorios was written by Dr. Thomas Morell, a clergyman.

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JOHN NORRIS.  1657-1711.

How fading are the joys we dote upon!

Like apparitions seen and gone.

But those which soonest take their flight

Are the most exquisite and strong,—

Like angels' visits, short and bright;[281:3]

Mortality 's too weak to bear them long.

The Parting.