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

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The fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

To the Lord Viscount Forbes, written from the City of Washington.

How shall we rank thee upon glory's page,

Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage?

To Thomas Hume.

I knew, by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd

Above the green elms, that a cottage was near;

And I said, "If there 's peace to be found in the world,

A heart that was humble might hope for it here."

Ballad Stanzas.