Author: Elizabeth Helme

Cites

• Samuel Johnson (2)
  • IN: Instructive Rambles in London (1800) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: "Let us consider that youth is of no long duration ; and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms of delight no more dance about us, we shall have no comfort but ths esteem of wise men, and the mean* of doing good"
    FROM: Prince of Abissinia, (1759), Novel, UK
  • IN: The Fruits of Reflectionl or, Moral remembrances on various subjects (1809) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The first Years of Man must make provision for the las!.- He that never thinks can never be wise."
    FROM: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, (1759), NULL, UK
• John Milton (1)
  • IN: Clara and Emmeline (1788) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: "Let us consider that youth is of no long duration ; and that " in maturcr age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, " and phantoms of delight no more dance about us, we shall " have no comfort but ths esteem of wise men, and the mean* " of doing good"
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, UK
• James Thomson (1)
  • IN: The Wilds of Strathnavern (1821) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: " Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest : a quick returning pang Shoots through the conscious heart- where honour still. And great design, against the oppressive load Of luxury, by fits impatient, heave." . -
    FROM: Spring, (1728), Poem, UK