Robert Blair: Citations en anglais
“Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!”
Robert Blair The Grave
Part I, line 109.
The Grave (1743)
“The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”
Robert Blair The Grave
Part I, line 58. Compare: "Whistling to keep myself from being afraid", John Dryden, Amphitryon Act iii, scene 1.
The Grave (1743)
“Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul!
Sweetener of life! and solder of society!”
Robert Blair The Grave
Part I, line 88.
The Grave (1743)
Robert Blair The Grave
Part II, line 586. Compare: "Like angels’ visits, short and bright", John Norris, The Parting.
The Grave (1743)
“The common damn'd shun their society.”
Robert Blair The Grave
Referring to suicides in Hell. Attributed to Lamb, but not found in his works.
The Grave (1743)
Robert Blair The Grave
Part I, line 9.
The Grave (1743)
“The cup goes round:
And who so artful as to put it by!
'T is long since Death had the majority.”
Robert Blair The Grave
Part II, line 449.
The Grave (1743)
