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World Quotes - Page 751

The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.

William Wordsworth (1985). “William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude”, p.35, Cambridge University Press

Dreams, books, are each a world.

William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.368

Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.

William Whewell (1847). “History of the Inductive Sciences: I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period”, p.96

'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.'

William Stafford (1998). “The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems”, Graywolf Press

The time of universal peace is near. Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world Shall bear the olive freely.

William Shakespeare, Richard Madelaine (1998). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.264, Cambridge University Press

The world must be peopled!

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [262]

An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England.

William Shakespeare (2007). “Henry V (Shakespeare Library Classic)”, p.156, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies!

William Shakespeare (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.470

Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.

William Shakespeare (2004). “As You Like It”, p.13, Orient Blackswan

If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.164

Sick in the world's regard, wretched and low.

William Shakespeare (2009). “Henry IV”, p.101, Palgrave Macmillan

For where thou art, there is the world itself, With every several pleasure in the world, And where thou art not, desolation.

William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.51, Wordsworth Editions