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

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The big round tear stands trembling in her eye.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 936.

The windy satisfaction of the tongue.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 1092.

Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me,

For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 572.

The bank he press'd, and gently kiss'd the ground.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 596.

A heaven of charms divine Nausicaa lay.