The banquet book : a classified collection of quotations designed for general reference, and also as an aid in the preparation of the toast list, the after-dinner speech, and the occasional address; together with suggestions concerning the menu and certain other details connected with the proper ordering of the banquet / by Cuyler Reynolds with an introduction by Elbert Hubbard.

  • Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The banquet book : a classified collection of quotations designed for general reference, and also as an aid in the preparation of the toast list, the after-dinner speech, and the occasional address; together with suggestions concerning the menu and certain other details connected with the proper ordering of the banquet / by Cuyler Reynolds with an introduction by Elbert Hubbard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Children and fools have merry lives. Anon. He that runs fastest gets the ring. Taming of the Shrew, i, i. To be swift is less than to be wise. PorE, Iliad, xxiii, 1. 385. He wears the rose of youth upon him. Antony and Cleopatra, iii, 2. He that is full of himself is empty. Anon. A mother’s pride, a father’s joy. Scott, Rokeby. There is not a moment without some duty. Cicero. Grasp no more than thy hand will hold. Anon. Has never heard the sanguinary yell? CowPER, The Task, iii, 335 Certain issue strokes must arbitrate. Macbeth, v, 4. Towering in confidence of twenty-one. Samxiel Johnson, Letter to Bennet Langton. Jan., 1758. In books, or work, or healthful play. Watts, Divine Songs. He who begins many things finishes few. Anon. Then may I set the world on wheels. Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii, i. Diligence is the mother of Good Luck. Franklin. Being nimble footed he hath outrun us. Two Gentlemen of Verona, v, 3.