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| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. |
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| Sorry pre-eminence of high descent Above the vulgar born, to rot in state! Blair.—The Grave, Line 154. | 1 |
| Proud e’en in death, here rot in state. Churchill.—The Ghost, Book II. | 2 |
| ’Tis but an hour ago since it was nine; And, after one hour more, ’twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act II. Scene 7. (Jaques.) | 3 |
| So runs the round of life from hour to hour. Tennyson.—Circumstance. | 4 |
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