Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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1 Murder , though it have no tongue , will speak With most miraculous organ .
SHAKESPEARE : Hamlet , act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the
Parabolae of ALANUS DE INSULIS , who died in 1294 , — Non teneas aurum
totum ...
1 Murder , though it have no tongue , will speak With most miraculous organ .
SHAKESPEARE : Hamlet , act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the
Parabolae of ALANUS DE INSULIS , who died in 1294 , — Non teneas aurum
totum ...
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Thomas HEYWOOD : History of Women . Rules the roast . – Joxson , CHAPMAN ,
MARSTON : Eastward Ho , act ii . sc . 1. SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI , act i . sc . 1
. 8 In spite of my teeth . - MIDDLETOX : A Trick to catch the Old One , act i . sc .
Thomas HEYWOOD : History of Women . Rules the roast . – Joxson , CHAPMAN ,
MARSTON : Eastward Ho , act ii . sc . 1. SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI , act i . sc . 1
. 8 In spite of my teeth . - MIDDLETOX : A Trick to catch the Old One , act i . sc .
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SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice , act ii . sc . 5 . Also in Jests of Scogin .
1565 . 4 It is this proverb which Henry V. is reported to have uttered at the siege
of Orleans . “ Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? " said King Henry .
SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice , act ii . sc . 5 . Also in Jests of Scogin .
1565 . 4 It is this proverb which Henry V. is reported to have uttered at the siege
of Orleans . “ Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? " said King Henry .
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Ibid . Better to give then to take . Ibid . When all candles bee out , all cats be gray .
Ibid . No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth . ' Ibid . 1 Happy man be
his dole - SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives , act ii . sc . 4 ; Winter's Tale , act i . sc .
Ibid . Better to give then to take . Ibid . When all candles bee out , all cats be gray .
Ibid . No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth . ' Ibid . 1 Happy man be
his dole - SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives , act ii . sc . 4 ; Winter's Tale , act i . sc .
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SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word “ sleveless
, " in the sense ... Joxson , CHAPMAN , MARSTON : Eastward Ho , act iv . sc 1 . 9
FLETCHER : Valentinian , act ii . sc . 1 . 10 HUMPHREY Robert : Complaint for ...
SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word “ sleveless
, " in the sense ... Joxson , CHAPMAN , MARSTON : Eastward Ho , act iv . sc 1 . 9
FLETCHER : Valentinian , act ii . sc . 1 . 10 HUMPHREY Robert : Complaint for ...
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| Title | Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
| Compiled by | John Bartlett |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1894 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Length | 1158 pages |
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