THE CYCLOPEDIA
of
Practical Quotations.
A.
ABDICATION.
He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.].
He detested business, and would sooner have
abdicated his crown than have undergone the
trouble of really directing the administration.
a. Macaulay—History of England. (Character of Charles II.).
Vol. I. Ch. II.
To see her abdicate this majesty to play at
precedence with her next door neighbor.
b. Ruskin—Sesame and Lilies. Of Queen’s Gardens. P. 92. (J.B.A., ’85.)
I give this heavy weight from off my head,
And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,
The pride of kingly sway from out my heart;
With mine own tears I wash away my value,
With mine own hands I give away my crown,
With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,
With mine own breath release all duteous oaths.
c. Richard II. Act. IV. Sc. 1. L. 204.
ABHORRENCE.
The self-same thing they will abhor
One way, and long another for.
d.Butler—Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 219.
I find no abhorring in my appetite.
e.Donne—Devotion.
Nature abhors the old.
f.Emerson— Essays. Circles.
The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
I spurn abhorrent.
g.Glover—Lemidas. Bk. X.
Justly thou abhorr’st
That son, who on the quiet state of men
Such trouble brought, affectin to subdue
Rational liberty; yet know withal,
Since thy original lapse, true liberty
Is lost.
h.Milton—Paradise Lost. Bk. XII. L. 79.
Boils and plagues
Plaster you o’er, that you may be abhorr'd
Further than seen.
i.Coriolanus.— Act I. Sc. 4. L. 37.
*** few things loves better
Than to abhor himself.
j.Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 60.
How abhorred in my imagination it is!
k.Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 206.
It doth abhor me now I speak the word.
l.Othello. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 162.
*** more abhorr'd
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.
m.Troilus and Cressida. Act V. Sc. 3 L. 18.
Though thou abhorr’dst in us our human griefs.
n.Timon of Athens. Act V. Sc. 5. L. 11.
Whom my very soul abhors.
o.Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 17.
*** make the abhorrent eye
Roll back and close.
p.Southey—Curse of Kehana. VIII. 9.
For, if the worlds
In worlds enclosed should on his senses
burst***
He would abhorrent turn.
q.Thomson—Seasons. Summer. L. 313.
When it was become and abhorring even to them that had loved it best.
r.Trench—Miracles. XXIX. 414.
