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

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That all was lost.

Paradise Lost. Book ix. Line 782.

In her face excuse

Came prologue, and apology too prompt.

Paradise Lost. Book ix. Line 853.

A pillar'd shade

High overarch'd, and echoing walks between.

Paradise Lost. Book ix. Line 1106.

Yet I shall temper so

Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most