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—Impetuous fluid! the moment thou pressest against the flood-gates of the brain——see how they give way!——

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

Horseman-like Now on his back thou pressest; and now here, Now there, thou rul'st his soft jaws with the reins Of purple tinge.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

—Impetuous fluid! the moment thou pressest against the flood-gates of the brain—see how they give way—!

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor; The place, thou pressest on thy mother earth, Is all thy empire now: now it contains thee; Some few days hence, and then 'twill be too large.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir