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“Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.”

Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Christening http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_3.htm#115, st. 10 (1841-1843).
1840s

“Even God's providence
Seeming estranged.”

The Bridge of Sighs (1844).
1840s

“Never go to France
Unless you know the lingo,
If you do, like me,
You will repent, by jingo.”

French and English, st. 1 (1839).
1830s

“And there is ev'n a happiness
That makes the heart afraid!”

Ode to Melancholy http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_2.htm#057, st. 6 (1827).
1820s

“A wife who preaches in her gown,
And lectures in her night-dress.”

The Surplice Question; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century

“He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.”

Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Dream http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_4.htm#146 (Part the Third, 1840).
1840s

“Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms;
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms.”

Faithless Nellie Gray; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century

“Sewing at once a double thread,
A shroud as well as a shirt.”

1840s, The Song of the Shirt (1843)