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

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Comus. Line 213.

Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud

Turn forth her silver lining on the night?

Comus. Line 221.

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould

Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

Comus. Line 244.

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How sweetly did they float upon the wings

Of silence through the empty-vaulted night,