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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Gazelle |
| I never nursed a dear Gazelle to glad me with its soft black eye, but when it came to know me well, and love me, it was sure to marry a market-gardener. Dickens—Old Curiosity Shop. Ch. LVI. Saying of Dick Swiveller. | 1 |
| The gazelles so gentle and clever Skip lightly in frolicsome mood. Heine—Book of Songs, Lyrical. Interlude No. 9. | 2 |
| I never nurs’d a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. Moore—The Fire Worshippers. | 3 |
| I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side. Parody of Moore. Probably by James Payn. Appeared in Chambers’ Journal. | 4 |
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