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CHAPEL.

CHAPEL CHARACTER.

Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The Devil always builds a chapel there :
And 't will be found upon examination,

The latter has the largest congregation. Defoe, T. B. Eng. i. 1.

CHARACTER-see Fickleness, Detraction.

There is a kind of character in thy life,
That to the observer doth thy history
Fully unfold.

Sh. M. for M. 1. 1.

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading:
Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not;
But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles;

His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;

Sh. Hen. VIII. V. 4.

His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart;

His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth. Ib. Tw. G.11.7.

Gnats are unnoticed wheresoe'er they fly,

But eagles gazed upon by every eye.

Shakesp. Rape of L.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, 39.

Though gay as mirth, as curious thought sedate;
As elegance polite, as power elate;
Profound as reason, and as justice clear;
Soft as compassion, yet as truth severe.
Form'd by the converse happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe;
Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease,
Intent to reason, or polite to please.
Of manners gentle, of affections mild!
In wit a man, simplicity a child.

Savage.

Pope, E. M. IV. 380.

Pope, on Gay.

Who but must laugh, if such a man there be P
Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? Pope, Es. to Ar.213.

Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun,

Who relish'd a joke, and rejoic'd in a pun. Goldsmith, Retal.

His talk was like a stream, which runs
With rapid change from rocks to roses:
It slipped from politics to puns,
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws which keep
The planets in their radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels, or shoeing horses.

Praed, The Vicar

CHARACTER-CHARITY.

CHARACTER-continued.

Describe him who can,

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An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. Goldsmith, R.

For ever foremost in the ranks of fun,

1

The laughing herald of the harmless pun.

Byron.

Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow

Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;

Her eyebrows' shape was like the aerial bow;

Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth. Byron, D. Ju.

A truer, nobler, trustier heart,

More loving, or more loyal, never beat

Within a human breast.

With more capacity for love, than earth

Byron, Two Foscari.

Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,

His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,

And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth. Byron, Lara.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint!

And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Han. More, Sensibility.

He is so full of pleasing anecdote,

Joanna Baillie.

So rich, so gay, so poignant in his wit,
Time vanishes before him as he speaks.

In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow,
Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow,
Hast so much wit and mirth, and spleen about thee,

There is no living with thee, nor without thee, From Martial.

She was-but words would fail to tell thee what:

Think what a woman should be, she was that.

CHARLES II.

Here lies our sovereign lord the king,

Whose word no man relies on;

Who never said a foolish thing,

Anon.

And never did a wise one. Rochester, Mock. Ep. on Chas. II.

CHARITY-see Beggars, Benevolence.

For his bounty,

There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas,

Robert Daborne, Poor Man's Comfort.

How few, like thee, enquire the wretched out,

And court the offices of soft humanity.

Like thee, reserve their raiment for the naked,

Reach out their bread to feed the crying orphan,

Or mix the pitying tears with those that weep! Rowe, Jane S.

Think not the good

The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,

Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the pris'ner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and the wid

widow,

Who daily own the bounty of thy hand,

Shall cry to heav'n, and pull a blessing on thee. Rowe, Ib. 1.2.

Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good,

Though the ungrateful subjects of their favours

Are barren in return.

True happiness (if understood)

Consists alone in doing good.

In faith and hope the world will disagree,

But all mankind's concern is charity:

Rowe, Tamerlane.

Somerville.

All must be false that thwart this one great end;

And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.

Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame,

Pope, E. M.

[111. 307.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Ib. Sat. i. 135.

The generous pride of virtue

Disdains to weigh too nicely the returns

Her bounty meets with-Like the liberal gods,

From her own gracious nature she bestows,

Nor stoops to ask reward.

Let shining charity adorn your zeal,

The noblest impulse generous minds

What numbers, once in fortune's lap high-fed,/

Thomson, Coriolanus, III.

Aaron Hill.

Young, N. T.

Without one fool or flatterer at your board,

Without one hour of sickness or disgust. Armstrong, A. P. Н.

Solicit the cold hand of charity:

To shock us more, solicit it in vain !

There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,

CHARITY-continued.

True charity, a plant divinely nurs'd,

Fed by the love from which it rose at first,

Thrives against hope, and, in the rudest scene,

Storms but enliven its unfading green;

Exuberant in the shadow it supplies,

Its fruit on earth, its growth above the skies.Cowper, Charity,

The truly generous is the truly wise;

[573.

And he who loves not others, lives unblest. Home, Douglas.

The drying up a single tear has more

Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Byron, D. J.VIII. 3.

Some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth,

He who will not give

For other's good, is a poor frozen churl. Joa. Baillie, Eth. 1. 2.

CHARMS.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

CHASTITY.

Pope, Rape of the Lock, v. 34.

Chaste as the icicle

That's curdled by the frost from purest snow,
And hangs on Dian's temple.

The soul whose bosom lust did never touch,

Sh. Coriol. v. 3.

Is God's fair bride; and maidens' souls are such.

Decker, Honest Wh. p. 1.

In thy fair brow there's such a legend writ

Of chastity, as blinds th' adulterous mind. Dryden, Albion.

CHATHAM.

His speech, his form, his action, full of grace,

And all his country beaming in his face,

He stood, as some inimitable hand

Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand. Cowper, T.T. 347.

CHATTERTΟΝ.

I thought of Chatterton, th' marvellous boy,

The sleepless soul that perish'd in his pride.

Of him who walk'd in glory and in joy,

Following his plough along the mountain side.

CHEATING.

Wordsworth, Res. and Indep. VII.

In little trades more cheats and lying
Are us'd in selling, than in buying;
But in the great, unjuster dealing
Is us'd in buying, than in selling.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great,
Of being cheated as to cheat.

Butler, Miss. Thoughts.

Butier, Hud. 11. 3, 1. 1.

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✓ CHEATING-CHILD.

CHEATING-continued.

From stratagem to stratagem we run,

And he knows most, who latest is undone;
An honest man will take a knave's advice,

But idiots only will be cozen'd twice.

CHEERFULNESS.

Let me play the fool;

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come;

And let my liver rather heat with wine,

Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.

Why should a man whose blood is warm within,

Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster ?

Sleep when he wakes? and creep into the jaundice

By being peevish?

A merry heart goes all the day,

A sad tires in a mile.

Dryden.

Sh. M. of Ven. 1. 1.

Sh. Win. T. IV. 2, Song.

Massinger.

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast,
And 't is that which crowns a welcome.

What then remains, but well our power to use,
And keep good humour still, whate'er we lose ?
And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,
When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.

CHIDING.

If she do frown 't is not in hate of you,

But rather to beget more love in you;

Pope, R. of the L.

If she do chide 't is not to have you give. Sh. Two G. 1. 2.

Those that do teach your babes,

Do it with gentle means, and easy tasks;

He might have chid me so; for, in good faith,

I am a child to chiding.

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,

Sh. Oth. IV. 2.

Sh. Hen. IV. 2, IV. 4.

When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.

CHILDBEARING.

The stealth of our most mutual entertainment,

With character too gross, is writ on Juliet. Sh. M. for M. 1. 3.

In the first days

Of my distracting grief, I found myself

As women wish to be who love their lords. Home, Douglas, i. 1.

CHILD-CHILDHOOD - CHILDREN - EDUCATION.

The royal tree hath left us royal fruit,

Which, mellow'd by the stealing hours of time,

Will well become the seat of majesty,

And make, no doubt, us happy by his reign. Sh. Ric. 111. 111. 7.