As You Like It. Act II. Sc. 3.

He that of greatest works is finisher,
Oft does them by the weakest minister;
So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown,
When judges have been babes.

1. MILTON-Paradise Lost. Bk. I.

Line 22.

All's Well That Ends Well. Act IL Sc. 1.

It is generally supposed that where there is no Quotation, there will be found most originality. The greater part of our writers, in consequence, have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them; and those who never quote, in return are seldom quoted.

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ISAAC DISRAELI - Curiosities of
Literature. Quotation.

Quótation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. ISAAC DISRAELI-Curiosities of

น.

Literature. Quotation.

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practise than those conceive who can see nothing more in a quotation than an ex

tract.

The Quoters who deserve the title, and it ought to be an honorary one, are those who trust no one but themselves.

ISAAC DISRAELI - Curiosities of
Literature.

Quotation.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience

of ages, may be preserved by quotation. ISAAC DISRAELI-Curiosities of

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Literature. Quotation.

We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed

The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in the wind, and the lightning now Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain! υ. ALDRICH-Before the Rain.

A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moists the field. EDWIN ARNOLD-The Light of Asia. Bk. VI. Line 215.

| Such is thy power, O Rain! the heart to bless, Wiling the soul away from its own wretchedness.