The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (82 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
c.
1796–1860
I dreamed that I dwelt in marble halls
With vassals and serfs at my side.
The Bohemian Girl
(1843) act 2 "The Gipsy Girl's Dream"
1900–85
Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her
home, workshop, larder, middenpit.
Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by
cities provides us with name and nation.
"Attis: or, Something Missing" (1931) pt. 1
Dance tiptoe, bull,
black against may.
"Briggflatts" (1965) pt. 1
1900–83
Thanks to God, I am still an atheist.
in
Le Monde
16 December 1959
1628–88
As I walked through the wilderness of this world.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1, opening words
The name of the slough was Despond.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
Down into the valley of Humiliation.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
A foul Fiend coming over the field to meet him; his name is Apollyon.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
It beareth the name of Vanity-Fair, because the town where 'tis kept, is lighter than vanity.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
Hanging is too good for him, said Mr Cruelty.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way, and rowing another.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1.
Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of heaven.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
So I awoke, and behold it was a dream.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678) pt. 1
A man that could look no way but downwards, with a muckrake in his hand.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2.
He that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low no pride.
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2 "Shepherd Boy's Song"
Who would true valour see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come wind, come weather.
There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim.
Who so beset him round
With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound—
His strength the more is.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2
The last words of Mr Despondency were, Farewell night, welcome day. His daughter went through the river singing, but none could understand what she said.
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2
I am going to my Fathers, and tho' with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword, I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me, that I have fought his battles, who will now be my rewarder.
Mr Valiant-for-Truth
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2
So he passed over, and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
Mr Valiant-for-Truth
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1684) pt. 2