Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureLittle, Brown, and Company, 1894 - 1158 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 86
Page 5
... Book ii . Line 470 . Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake . For of fortunes sharpe adversite , The worst kind of infortune is this , A man that hath been in prosperite , And it remember whan it passed is . Line 1201 , Book iii . Line ...
... Book ii . Line 470 . Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake . For of fortunes sharpe adversite , The worst kind of infortune is this , A man that hath been in prosperite , And it remember whan it passed is . Line 1201 , Book iii . Line ...
Page 6
... Book iii . Line 1721 . One eare it heard , at the other out it went.1 Book iv . Line 435 . Line 525 . Book r . Line 146 . Line 1798 . Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun.2 I am right sorry for your heavinesse . Go , little ...
... Book iii . Line 1721 . One eare it heard , at the other out it went.1 Book iv . Line 435 . Line 525 . Book r . Line 146 . Line 1798 . Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun.2 I am right sorry for your heavinesse . Go , little ...
Page 7
... Book i . Chap . 19 . And when he is out of sight , quickly also is he out of mind.2 Of two evils , the less is always to be chosen.3 Chap . 23 . Book ii . Chap . 12 . JOHN FORTESCUE . Circa 1395-1485 . Moche Crye and no Wull . De ...
... Book i . Chap . 19 . And when he is out of sight , quickly also is he out of mind.2 Of two evils , the less is always to be chosen.3 Chap . 23 . Book ii . Chap . 12 . JOHN FORTESCUE . Circa 1395-1485 . Moche Crye and no Wull . De ...
Page 15
... book v . chap . lxxx . CHAP- MAN : D'Ambois , act ii . sc . 3. BUTLER : Hudibras , part iii . canto i . line 1 . CHURCHILL : The Ghost , book iv . FIELDING : Love in Several Masques , sc . 13 . 3 See Chaucer , page 5 . 4 Naught venture ...
... book v . chap . lxxx . CHAP- MAN : D'Ambois , act ii . sc . 3. BUTLER : Hudibras , part iii . canto i . line 1 . CHURCHILL : The Ghost , book iv . FIELDING : Love in Several Masques , sc . 13 . 3 See Chaucer , page 5 . 4 Naught venture ...
Page 18
... book iii . chap . iv . BUNYAN act iv . sc . 3 . Pilgrim's 6 Time trieth truth . Progress . FLETCHER : The Wild ... book iv . chap . iv . GossoN : Ephemerides of Phialo . PEELE : Edward I. 10 Others set carts before the horses ...
... book iii . chap . iv . BUNYAN act iv . sc . 3 . Pilgrim's 6 Time trieth truth . Progress . FLETCHER : The Wild ... book iv . chap . iv . GossoN : Ephemerides of Phialo . PEELE : Edward I. 10 Others set carts before the horses ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anatomy of Melancholy angels BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER beauty better blessed Book breath Cæsar Canto Chap Chaucer Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death devil DIOGENES LAERTIUS divine Don Quixote doth dream Dryden earth Epistle eternal evil fair fear fire flower fool give glory golden grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven hell Henry Heywood honour hope Hudibras Ibid JOHN king light Line live look Lord lost man's Maxim mind morning nature ne'er never night numbers o'er peace pleasure PLUTARCH POPE proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS RABELAIS Richard III rose Sect Shakespeare sing sleep smile song Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tears thee Themistocles thine things THOMAS THOMAS HEYWOOD thou art thought tongue truth unto viii virtue wind wise woman words young youth