Elijah Fenton Quotes

• Wedded love is founded on esteem.

  Elijah Fenton

  Life, Anniversary, Wedding

  John Banks, Elijah Fenton, Colley Cibber, Edward I Young (1777). “The Albion Queens, Or the Death of Mary Queen of Scots, a Tragedy”

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• Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed,
  Which oft offends the very idol-vice,
  Whose shrine it would perfume.

  Elijah Fenton

  Weed, Idols, Vices

  "Mariamne: A Tragedy" by Elijah Fenton, (Act IV, Scene V, p. 46), 1723.

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• O blissful poverty!
  Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns
  Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace,
  Her real goods; and only mocks the great,
  With empty pageantries!

  Elijah Fenton

  Real, Pageantry, Poverty

  Edmund Smith, Mr. John Dryden, Mr. Elijah Fenton, Richard Steele (1750). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. VI.”, p.61

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• Esas elegantes delicias de la giga y la bóveda.

  Elijah Fenton

  Dancing, Delight, Elegant

  William Congreve, Elijah Fenton (1779). “The Works of the English Poets”, p.333

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