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

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A charm that lulls to sleep,

A shade that follows wealth or fame,

And leaves the wretch to weep?

The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 19.

The sigh that rends thy constant heart

Shall break thy Edwin's too.

The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 33.

By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.

The Hermit. Chap. ix.

They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses.