| 3 Famous Quotes by Sir William Davenant
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“Because they commonly make use of treasure found in books, as of
other treasure belonging to the dead and hidden underground; for
they dispose of both with great secrecy, defacing the shape and
image of the one as much as of the other.”
Plagiarism Quotes Source: Gondibert--Preface
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“For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
His hook was such as heads the end of pole
To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;
This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,--
And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.”
Fishing Quotes Source: Brittania Triumphans (p. 15)
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“The lark now leaves his watery nest,
And climbing, shakes his dewy wings.
He takes your window for the East
And to implore your light he sings.”
Larks Quotes Source: The Lark now Leaves his Watery Nest
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Sir William Davenant Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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