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

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Monody on the Death of Sheridan. Line 22.

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

Monody on the Death of Sheridan. Line 68.

Who track the steps of glory to the grave.

Monody on the Death of Sheridan. Line 74.

Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man,

And broke the die, in moulding Sheridan.[552:2]

Monody on the Death of Sheridan. Line 117.

O God! it is a fearful thing

To see the human soul take wing