Building castles in the air.
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Building castles in Spain.—Scarron.
Hope, the dream of a waking man.—Basil.
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.
Congreve: The Mourning Bride.
Earth has no rage like love to hatred turned.—Ibid.
Let who may make the laws of a people, allow me to write their ballads, and I’ll guide them at my will.—Sir Philip Sidney.
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.
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