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Ambrose Philips
8 quotes
“Studious of ease and fond of humble things.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) first seen 1703 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epistle: "From Holland to a Friend in England" (1703), line 23
“The flowers anew returning seasons bring! But beauty faded has no second spring.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lobbing, The First Pastoral (1709), line 55.
“There solid billows of enormous size, Alps of green ice, in wild disorder rise.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epistle: "To the Earl of Dorset" (1709), line 21.
“The stag in limpid currents with surprise Sees crystal branches on his forehead rise.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epistle: "To the Earl of Dorset" (1709), line 39.
“He the robe of justice wore, Sully'd not, as heretofore, When the magistrate was sought With yearly gifts. Of what avail Are guilty hoards? for life is frail; And we are judg'd where favour is not bought.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) first seen 1723 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ode: "On the Death of the Right Honourable William Earl Cowper" (1723), line 137.
“Timely blossom, Infant fair, Fondling of a happy pair.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) said by 1749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And thou shalt in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) said by 1749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wearied then and glad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest.”
Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) said by 1749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source