Chapter SEAMAN to SEEMING of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

SEEMING.—They please, are pleased; they give to get esteem,
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

Goldsmith.—The Traveller, Line 265.

All live by seeming.
The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier
Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming;
The clergy scorn it not, and the bold soldier
Will eke with it his service.—All admit it,
All practise it; and he who is content
With shewing what he is, shall have small credit
In church, or camp, or state—so wags the world.

Scott.—Ivanhoe, Chap. XXXVII.; Old Play.