J.

January.

Then came old January, wrappèd well

In many weeds to keep the cold away;

Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell,

And blow his nails to warm them if he may.

998

SPENSER:

Faerie Queene,

Bk. vii., Canto vii., St. 42.

Jealousy.

O beware, my lord, of jealousy;

It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock

The meat it feeds on.

999

SHAKS.:

Othello,

Act iii., Sc. 3.

No true love there can be without

Its dread penalty—jealousy.

1000

OWEN MEREDITH:

Lucile,

Pt. ii., Canto i., St. 24

Nor jealousy

Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.

1001

MILTON:

Par. Lost,

Bk. v., Line 449.

Jest.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear

Of him that hears it, never in the tongue

Of him that makes it.

1002

SHAKS.:

Love's L. Lost,

Act v., Sc. 2.

Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,

Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

1003

DR. JOHNSON:

London,

Line 166.

Jewel.

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear.

1004

SHAKS.:

Rom. and Jul.,

Act i., Sc. 5.

Joke.

A college joke to cure the dumps.

1005

SWIFT:

Cassinus and Peter.

Joy.

Capacity for joy

Admits temptation.

1006

MRS. BROWNING:

Aurora Leigh,

Bk. i., Line 703.

Joy is the mainspring in the whole

Of endless Nature's calm rotation.

Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll

In the great Time-piece of Creation.

1007

SCHILLER:

Hymn to Joy

Joys too exquisite to last,

And yet

more

exquisite when past.

1008

JAMES MONTGOMERY:

The Little Cloud.

Judgment.

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!

1009

SHAKS.:

M. of Venice,

Act iv., Sc. 1.

O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,

And men have lost their reason.

1010

SHAKS.:

Jul. Cæsar,

Act iii., Sc. 2.

July.

Then came hot July, boiling like to fire,

That all his garments he had cast away.

1011

SPENSER:

Faerie Queene,

Bk. vii., Canto vii., St. 36.

June.

And what is so rare as a day in June?

Then, if ever, come perfect days;

Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune,

And over it softly her warm ear lays.

1012

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL:

Vision of Sir Launfal.

Juries.

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,

May, in the sworn twelve, have a thief or two

Guiltier than him they try.

1013

SHAKS.:

M. for M.,

Act ii., Sc. 1.

Do not your juries give their verdict

As if they felt the cause, not heard it?

And as they please make matter of fact

Run all on one side as they're packt.

1014

BUTLER:

Hudibras,

Pt. ii., Canto ii., Line 365.

Justice.

And then, the justice;

In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,

With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,

Fall of wise saws and modern instances,

And so he plays his part.

1015

SHAKS.:

As You Like It,

Act ii., Sc. 7.

The gods

Grow angry with your patience: 't is their care,

And must be yours, that guilty men escape not:

As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.

1016

BEN JONSON:

Catiline,

Act iii., Sc. 4.

Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice

Triumphs.

1017

LONGFELLOW:

Evangeline,

Pt. I., iii., Line 34.