2. "T is in books the chief Of all perfections, to be plain and brief. BUTLER. 3. 'T were well with most, if books, that could engage CowPER. 4. What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns? COWPER. 5. Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use. DENHAM. 6. The printed part, tho' far too large, is less From the Spanish. 7. The Past but lives in words: a thousand ages BULWER'S Cromwell. 8. 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, altho' there's nothing in 't. BYRON'S English Bards and Scotch Reviews. 9. Turn to the press-its teeming sheets survey, CHARLES SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 10. 'Twas heaven to lounge upon a couch, said Gray, And read new novels through a rainy day. CHARLES SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 96 BOOKS-NEWSPAPER - PRESS. 11. Trade hardly deems the busy day begun, CHARLES SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 12. See tomes on tomes, of fancy and of power, CHARLES SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 13. Turn back the tide of ages to its head, And hoard the wisdom of the honour'd dead. CHARLES SPRAGUE's Curiosity. 14. Newspaper! who has never felt the pleasure that it brings? It always tells us of so many strange and wondrous things! It makes us weep at tales of wo-it fills our hearts with mirth It tells us of the price of stock how much produce is worth And when, and where, and how, and why, strange things occur on earth. Has war's loud clarion call'd to arms? has lightning struck a tree? Has Jenkins broke his leg?—or has there been a storm at sea? Has the sea-serpent shown his head?-a comet's tail been seen? Or has some heiress with her groom run off to Gretna All this, and many wonders more, you from this sheet may glean. J. T. WATSON. 1. In war, was never lion's rage so fierce; 2. In struggling with misfortune lies the proof Of virtue. 3. Pr'ythee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; 4. His valour, shown upon our crests to-day, SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds, SHAKSPEARE. 5. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. SHAKSPEARE. 6. What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the ungovernable will, MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 7. Let fortune empty all her quiver on me, DRYDEN. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 98 BRAVERY - COURAGE - FORTITUDE. 9. He that is valiant, and dares fight, BUTLER'S Hudibras. 10. "T is not now who's stout and bold? 11. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's honour blest! 12. To a mind resolv'd and wise, There is an impotence in misery, BUTLER'S Hudibras. COLLINS. Which makes me smile, while all its shafts are in me. YOUNG'S Revenge. 13. True fortitude is seen in great exploits ADDISON'S Cato. 14. The wise and active conquer difficulties, 15. The brave man is not he who feels no fear; And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. ROWE. JOANNA BAILLIE. GOLDSMITH. 16. Unaw'd by power, and unappall'd by fear. 17. Let angry ocean to the sky In proud disdain his billows roll; Совв. 18. What heart in either grim array Throbs to the charge with wilder beat? That bids contending thousands meet? MRS. HOLFORD. 19. Fate made me what I am-may make me nothing,But either that or nothing must I be; I will not live degraded. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 20. His breast with wounds unnumber'd riven, His back to earth, his face to heaven. BYRON'S Giaour. 21. As bold as Daniel in the lions' den. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. -The truly brave, When they behold the brave oppress'd with odds, 24. And the repress'd convulsion of the high 25. BYRON'S Two Foscari. -And the poor wretch mov'd me BYRON'S Two Foscari. 26. His blade is bared; in him there is an air BYRON'S Lara. |