John Suckling Quotes

"High characters," cries one, and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will be.

John Suckling

The Goblins. Epilogue. Compare: "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be", Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism, part ii, line 53; "There's no such thing in Nature, and you'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw", John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Essay on Poetry.

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Nick of time.

John Suckling

The Goblins.

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The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

John Suckling

The Goblins. The same is found in William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act iii, Sc. 4.

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But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.

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Aglaura, Epilogue. Compare: "'T is with our judgments as our watches, - none Go just alike, yet each believes his own", Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism, part i. line 9.

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Her face is like the milky way i' the sky, A meeting of gentle lights without a name.

John Suckling

Brennoralt, Act iii.

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She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.

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Brennoralt, Act ii.

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'T is expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.

John Suckling

Against Fruition.

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Her lips were red, and one was thin; Compared with that was next her chin,— Some bee had stung it newly.

John Suckling

Ballad upon a Wedding.

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Oh for some honest lover's ghost, Some kind unbodied post Sent from the shades below! I strangely long to know Whether the nobler chaplets wear Those that their mistress' scorn did bear, Or those...

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Oh! For some honest lover's ghost.

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Tis now since I sat down before That foolish fort, a heart, (Time strangely spent) a year, and more, And still I did my part:

John Suckling

'Tis Now, Since I Sat Down Before.

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