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

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The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

Table Talk. Line 542.

Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd,

And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard:

To carry nature lengths unknown before,

To give a Milton birth, ask'd ages more.

Table Talk. Line 556.

Elegant as simplicity, and warm

As ecstasy.

Table Talk. Line 588.