Chapter PRIZED to PROPHETIC of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

PRIZED to PROPHETIC

PRIZED.—I priz’d every hour that went by,
Beyond all that had pleas’d me before;
But now they are past, and I sigh,
And I grieve that I priz’d them no more.

When forc’d the fair nymph to forego,
What anguish I felt at my heart!
Yet I thought—but it might not be so,
’Twas with pain that she saw me depart.

She gaz’d as I slowly withdrew,
My path I could hardly discern;
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Shenstone.—Pastoral Ballad, Part I.

PROCRASTINATION.—Procrastination is the thief of time.

Young.—Night I. Line 393.

PRODICAL.—And he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that
the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

St. Luke.—Chap.XV. Verses 15,16.

Shall I keep your hogs, and eat husks with them? What prodigal portion have I spent, that I should come to such
penury?

Shakespeare.—As You Like it, Act I. Scene 1.

PRODIGY.—I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to
be a progeny of learning.

Sheridan.—The Rivals, Act I. Scene 2.

PROLOGUE.—Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse,
As undertakers walk before the hearse.

Garrick.—Prol. to the Apprentice, Line 1.

PROMISE.—If the reader pleases to look back; he will find me engaged by a promissory note, to subjoin a Descant upon Creation.

Hervey.—Descant upon Creation.

PROOF.—About three weeks ago I was very seriously alarmed, by intelligence which I received of an illness under which I then laboured. My informer was certain of his fact, but enjoined me not to mention it again; he had, it seems, been let into the secret by a friend of his, who had been told of it by an acquaintance of his, who had had it from a near relation of his, who had been informed of it by an intimate of hers, who had heard from the best authority.

Microcosm, No.XVIII. March 12, 1787.

She knew a man, who knew another,
Who knew the very party’s brother.

Ed. Moore.—Trial of Slim Sal.

How prove you that, in the great heap of your knowledge?

Shakespeare.—As You Like it, Act I. Scene 2.

That which you hear you’ll swear you see, there is such unity
in the proofs.

Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act V.Scene 2.