distich
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The well-known distich on Shakspeare is rather good—it utters with a vigorous turn the general sentiment, the nation's wonder of its own idol.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
In the model distich quoted by Coleridge— "In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter still falling in melody back;" the pentameter is a better verse than the hexameter.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
The distich "Nostra damus," &c. was the playful composition, according to La Monnoye, of the celebrated Genevan reformer Th�odore de B�ze.
Every one knows the distich of John Ball, which comprehends the essence of religious democracy: "When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman?"
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
March winds are proverbial, and the following distich is not uncommon in Yorkshire: March winds and April showers, Bring forth May flowers.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
