1820

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He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars;
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer:
For art and science cannot exist but in the minutely organized particulars.

William Blake

Jerusalem

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Topic

Good works Serving others Theory vs. practice

Author

William Blake

Source

Jerusalem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820, ch. 3, plate 55, I. 60.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008, ch. 3, plate 55, I. 60.

Poetry fettered fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed, or flourish, in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish!

William Blake

Jerusalem

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Topic

The arts

Author

William Blake

Source

Jerusalem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "To the Public." Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Topic

Tact and discretion Talking

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Les Meditations Poetiques

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Topic

Mourning Grief

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

L'Isolement Les Meditations Poetiques

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Citation

De Lamartine, Alphonse. "L'Isolement [Isolation]." Recueillements poétiques [Poetic Meditations]. Paris: Imp P. Didot L'aine, 1820.

We look before and after,
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

To a Skylark

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Topic

Melancholy Yin and yang

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

To a Skylark

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "To a Skylark." Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama, in Four Acts, With Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1820, I. 88.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "To a Skylark." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 88.

In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?... Under which of the old tyrannical governments of Europe is every sixth man a slave, whom his fellow-creatures may buy, and sell and torture?

Sydney Smith

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Topic

Criticism of America America

Author

Sydney Smith

Source

The Edinburgh Review

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Smith, Sydney. "Review of Seybert's Annals of the United States." The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1820 - May 1820.

In love, the only safety lies in flight.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Topic

Avoiding love Dangers of love Love

Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

Source

Memoirs (Napoleon)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Memoirs. c. 1831.

I met a Lady in the Meads
Full beautiful, a faery's child
Her hair was long, her foot was light
And her eyes were wild—

John Keats

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Topic

Beautiful women Women

Author

John Keats

Source

La belle dame sans merci The Indicator

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keats, John. "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." The Indicator. London: Joseph Appleyard, 10 May 1820, st. 4.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 4.