A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and SubjectsJ. Bartlett, 1858 - 446 pages |
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... dead lion . ECCLESIASTES ix . 10 . Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do , do it with thy might . ECCLESIASTES ix . 11 . The race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong . ECCLESIASTES xi . 1 . Cast thy bread upon the waters ...
... dead lion . ECCLESIASTES ix . 10 . Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do , do it with thy might . ECCLESIASTES ix . 11 . The race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong . ECCLESIASTES xi . 1 . Cast thy bread upon the waters ...
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... dead men's bones . MATTHEW Xxiv . 28 . For wheresoever the carcass is , there will the eagles be gathered together . MATTHEW Xxv . 29 . Unto every one that hath shall be given , and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not ...
... dead men's bones . MATTHEW Xxiv . 28 . For wheresoever the carcass is , there will the eagles be gathered together . MATTHEW Xxv . 29 . Unto every one that hath shall be given , and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not ...
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... dead bodies by , He called them untaught knaves , unmannerly : To bring a slovenly , unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility . Act i . Sc . 3 . By heaven , methinks it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honor from the pale ...
... dead bodies by , He called them untaught knaves , unmannerly : To bring a slovenly , unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility . Act i . Sc . 3 . By heaven , methinks it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honor from the pale ...
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... dead in look , so woe - begone , Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night , And would have told him , half his Troy was burned . Act i . Sc . 1 . Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office ; and his tongue Sounds ...
... dead in look , so woe - begone , Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night , And would have told him , half his Troy was burned . Act i . Sc . 1 . Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office ; and his tongue Sounds ...
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... dead ! In peace , there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness , and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger . Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . Act iv . Chorus ...
... dead ! In peace , there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness , and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger . Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . Act iv . Chorus ...
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