"Nazarite" Quotes from Famous Books
... collection which our shelves could ill spare, though maliciously republished by Dr. PARR. The dedication by Parr stands unparalleled for comparative criticism. It is the eruption of a volcano; it sparkles, it blazes, and scatters light and destruction. How deeply ought we to regret that this Nazarite suffered his strength to be shorn by the Delilahs of spurious fame. Never did this man, with his gifted strength, grasp the pillars of a temple, to shake its atoms over Philistines; but pleased the childlike simplicity of his mind by pulling down houses over the heads of their unlucky inhabitants. ... — Calamities and Quarrels of Authors • Isaac D'Israeli
... Saying, "I am a Nazarite, To God alway, nor hath there yet Razor or shears done despite To these my locks of coarsen jet, Therefore my ... — Toward the Gulf • Edgar Lee Masters |