t or use thee as they ought!
But all shall give account of every wrong,
Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue.
1931
COWPER: _Conversation,_ Line 23.
=Tools.=
For all a rhetorician's rules
Teach nothing but to name his tools.
1932
BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. i., Canto i., Line 89.
=Toothache.=
There was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently.
1933
SHAKS.: _Much Ado,_ Act v., Sc. 1.
=Torrent.=
So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar
But bind him to his native mountains more.
1934
GOLDSMITH: _Traveller,_ Line 217.
=Torture.=
The hell of waters! where they howl and hiss,
And boil in endless torture.
1935
BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 69.
=Towers.=
Towers and battlements it sees
Bosom'd high in tufted trees.
1936
MILTON: _L'Allegro,_ Line 75.
=Town.=
God made the country, and man made the town.
1937
COWPER: _Task,_ Bk i., Line 749.
=Toys.=
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys,
And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
1938
AKENSIDE: _Virtuoso,_ St. 10.
=Trade.=
But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain;
Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose,
Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose.
1939
GOLDSMITH: _Des. Village,_ Line 63.
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
1940
DR. JOHNSON: _Line added to Goldsmith's Des. Village._
=Tranquillity.=
Like ships that have gone down at sea
When heaven was all tranquillity.
1941
MOORE: _Lalla Rookh, The Light of the Harem._
=Traveller--Travelling.=
Now spurs the lated traveller apace
To gain the timely inn.
1942
SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act iii., Sc. 3.
When I was at home, I was in a better place;
But travellers must be content.
1943
SHAKS.: _As You Like It,_ Act ii., Sc. 4.
In travelling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasures....
1944
GEORGE ELIOT: _Spanish Gypsy,_ Bk. i.
=Treason.=
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
1945
SHAKS.: _Jul. Caesar,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.
So Judas kiss'd his master,
And cried--All hail! when as he meant--all harm.
1946
SHAKS.: _3 Henry VI.,_ Act v., Sc. 7.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
1947
SIR JOHN HARRINGTON: _Epigrams,_ Bk. iv., Epigram 5.
Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;
Successful crimes alone are j
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