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• A master passion is the love of news.

  George Crabbe

  Passion, News, Masters

  'The Newspaper' (1785) l. 279

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• Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.

  George Crabbe

  Complaining, Gains, Farming

  'The Parish Register' (1807 pt. 1, l. 273

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• Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.

  George Crabbe

  Boys, Fishing, Wife

  George Crabbe, “The Borough. Letter XXII: Peter Grimes”

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• Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
  Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
  By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?

  George Crabbe

  Poetry, Myrtle, Ruins

  George Crabbe, “The VILLage: Book I”

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• Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.

  George Crabbe

  Lying, Sick, Honor

  George Crabbe, Allan Cunningham (1855). “George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales”, p.361

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• Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

  George Crabbe

  Wine, Beer, Proud

  'Inebriety' (in imitation of Pope, 1775) pt. 1, l. 132.

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• I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms.

  George Crabbe

  Fields, Charm, Flocks

  'The Village' (1783) bk. 1, l. 39

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• Good is done by degrees.

  George Crabbe

  Degrees, Done

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• Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.

  George Crabbe

  Sin, Sinning

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.147

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• What is a church?—Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.

  George Crabbe

  Church, Towers, Bells

  'The Borough' (1810) Letter 2 'The Church' l. 11

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• Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.

  George Crabbe

  Girl, Gun, Boys

  'Tales of the Hall' (1819) 'The Maid's Story' l. 84

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• The gentle fair on nervous tea relies,
  Whilst gay good-nature sparkles in her eyes;
  An inoffensive scandal fluttering round,
  Too rough to tickle, and too light to wound.

  George Crabbe

  Eye, Gay, Light

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.300

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• Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.

  George Crabbe

  Fashion, Children, Fool

  'The Library' (1808) l. 167

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• Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views,
  Life's little cares and little pains refuse?
  Shall he not rather feel a double share
  Of mortal woe, when doubly arm'd to bear?

  George Crabbe

  Life, Pain, Views

  George Crabbe (1858). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe”, p.71

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• With eye upraised his master's look to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man: The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

  George Crabbe

  Friendship, Dog, Eye

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• Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain,
  Treat those of common parts with proud disdain;
  The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide,
  They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride;
  While yet but mere probationers for fame,
  They seize the honor they should then disclaim:
  Honor so hurried to the light must fade,
  The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.

  George Crabbe

  Pride, Men, Light

  George Crabbe (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.158

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• Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine!
  Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!
  Oft will the body's weakness check thy force,
  Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course;
  And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain
  Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain;
  Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come,
  And breathe around her melancholy gloom:
  To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine,
  And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine.

  George Crabbe

  Art, Pain, Light

  George Crabbe (1812). “Tales”, p.191

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• Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.

  George Crabbe

  Quality, Degrees, Ability

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• Against her foes Religion well defends Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends.

  George Crabbe

  Sacred, Wells, Foe

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.43

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• Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.

  George Crabbe

  Love, Running, Dark

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.145

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• I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.

  George Crabbe

  Paint, Bards

  'The Village' (1783) bk. 1, l. 53

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• The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

  George Crabbe

  Thinking, Wife, Speak

  George Crabbe, Allan Cunningham (1855). “George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales”, p.143

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• Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate.

  George Crabbe

  May, Rogues, Lawyer

  George Crabbe, “Tale III”

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• 'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

  George Crabbe

  Son, Advice, Be Good

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.245

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• Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.

  George Crabbe

  Disrespect, Want, Spirit

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