Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, And sweeten'd by all that is sweetest in life 14 God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks. JOHN TAYLOR-Works. Vol. II. P. 85. (1630) (See also COOK AND CONFECTIONERS' DICT.) 15 This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach, and dace; All these you eat at Terre's tavern, In that one dish of Bouillabaisse. THACKERAY-Ballad of Bouillabaisse. 16 Corne, which is the staffe of life. WINSLOW-Good News from New England. 17 "Very astonishing indeed! strange thing!" ""Tis most extraordinary, then, all this is; "Sire, there's no Seam," quoth she; "I never knew 13 Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. DANTE-Purgatorio. V. 14. 14 Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. DRYDEN-Amphitryon. Act III. Sc. 1. (See also BLAIR) 15 The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius. EMERSON Society and Solitude. Courage. 16 Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, "Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate. Inscription on the Gates of Busyrane. (See also DANTON under AUDACITY) |