CHILD, CHILDHOOD, CHILDREN. CHILD, CHILDHOOD, CHILDREN-continued. Behold, my lords, Although the print be little, the whole matter The trick of his frown, his forehead; nay, the valley, The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger. Sh. W. T. 11. 3. The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl. Sh. Macb. 1v. 2. The childhood shews the man, As morning shews the day. Milton, Parad. Reg. IV. 220. Children blessings seem, but torments are, When young our folly, and when old our fear. Otway, Don Car. One son at home Concerns thee more than many guests to come; Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Dryden. Addison, Cato. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope, E.M. 11.275. By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child. A lovely being, scarcely form'd or moulded, Goldsmith, Trav. Arose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. Byron, D. J. xv. 43. Yet a fine family is a fine thing, (Provided they don't come in after dinner ;) 'Tis beautiful to see a matron bring Her children up (if nursing them don't thin her). Byron, D. J. Look how he laughs and stretches out his arms, And opens wide his blue eyes upon thine, To hail his father: while his little form Flutters as wing'd with joy. Talk not of pain! He smiles, and sleeps!-sleep on And smile, thou little, young inheritor Byron, Cain, III. 1. Of a world scarce less young: sleep on, and smile! Byron, Cain, III. 1. Pollok. Living jewels dropp'd unstained from heaven. 76 CHILD, CHILDHOOD, CHILDREN- -CHRISTMAS. CHILD-CHILDHOOD-CHILDREN—continued. The tear down childhood's cheek that flows, When next the summer breeze comes by, Scott, Rokeby. Why was my prayer accepted? why did Heav'n In anger hear me, when I ask'd a son? Han. More, Moses, 1. Oh dear to memory are those hours The way to rear up children (to be just); And stringing pretty words that make no sense, CHOICE. When better cherries are not to be had, We needs must take the seeming best of bad. So much to win, so much to lose, No marvel that I fear to choose. CHOLER. Eliza Cook. Mrs. Browning. Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Daniel. Miss Landon. Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? Sh. Jul. C. IV. 3. Let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about. CHRISTIAN. Sh. Hen. VIII. I. 1. A Christian is the highest style of man. Young, N. T. iv. 788. CHRISTMAS. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Tusser, 500 points, 12. Lo! now is come our joyful'st feast! Let every man be jolly. Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. CHRISTMAS- -CHURCH. CHRISTMAS- continued. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, Their ovens they with bak't meats choke, 77 And all their spits are turning. Wither, Christmas Carol. Poor Robin's Almanack, 1695. Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Scott, Marmion, c. 6. CHURCH-see Cathedral, Clergyman, Religion. Then might you see Cowls, hoods, and habits with their wearers tost The sport of winds; all these upwhirl'd aloft Milton, P. L. III. 490. What makes a church a den of thieves? A dean and chapter, and white sleeves. Butler, Hud. 3, 1. 1285. Patience in want, and poverty of mind, These marks of church and churchmen he designed, I met a reverend, fat, old, gouty friar, With a paunch swoll'n so high, his double chin Might rest upon 't: a true son of the church! Dryden. Fresh-colour'd, and well-thriving on his trade. Dryden, Span. F. Will never mark the marble with his name. Pope, M. E. 111. By learned clerks and latinists professed. Cowper, Tiroc. 378. From Christian folds, the one selected race, Crabbe, Borough. 78 CHURCH-CLEANLINESS. CHURCH-continued. What is a church ?-Our honest sexton tells 'T is a tall building, with a tower and bells. Crabbe, Borough. Why should we crave a hallowed spot ? An altar is in each man's cot, A church in every grove that spreads Its living roof above our heads. It never was a prosperous world Wordsworth. Since priests have interfer'd with temporal matters; And change their shirts of hair for robes of gold; Thus luxury and interest rule the church, Whilst piety and conscience dwell in caves. Bancroft, F of M. CHURCHYARD-CEMETERY. The solitary silent, solemn scene, Where Cæsars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie, Rests from his labours; where th' insulting proud CHURLISHNESS. Dyer, Ruins of Rome. My master is of churlish disposition, CITIES. Sh. As You L. IV. 2. There with like haste to several ways they run, Religious, punctual, frugal, and so forth; Denham. Pope, M. E. 3. Whilst thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. CLEANLINESS. Even from the body's purity, the mind Sh. Temp. 111. 2. Thomson, Summer. CLERGY-see Pastor. CLERGY. Babble on, ye priests; amuse mankind With idle tales of flames, and tort'ring fiends, 79 For feign'd reversions in a heavenly state. W. Shirley, Par. Milton, P. L. XII. 516. Men of his coat should be minding their prayers, Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, Swift. Ib. 177. Andpassing rich with forty pounds a year. Goldsmith, Des. V. 137. Cowper, Task, 2, 464. I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, That he is honest in the sacred cause. Cowper, Task, 2, 673. In man or woman, but far most in man, Cowper, Task, 2, 414. I may have been, or am, doth rest between Byron, Manfred, 111. 1. |