Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.—Burns: Tam O’Shanter.
As clear as a whistle.—Byrom: The Astrologer.
She walks the waters like a thing of life.—Byron: The Island.
The cups that cheer but not inebriate.—Cowper: Task.
Not much the worse for wear.—Ibid.
Masterly inactivity.—Mackintosh: 1791.
The Almighty Dollar.—Washington Irving: Creole Village.
Entangling alliances.—George Washington.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.—Benjamin Franklin.
The post of honor is the private station.—Thos. Jefferson.