Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Publius Syrus : Maxim 357 . 3 Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the
work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty . – PLUTARCH : Life of Pericles . 4 E'
en in our ashes live their wonted fires . - GRAY : Elegy , Stanza 23 . 5 Frieth in her
...
Publius Syrus : Maxim 357 . 3 Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the
work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty . – PLUTARCH : Life of Pericles . 4 E'
en in our ashes live their wonted fires . - GRAY : Elegy , Stanza 23 . 5 Frieth in her
...
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PUBLIUS SYRUS : Maxim 262 . Strike wbilst the iron is hot . - RABELAIS : book ii
. chap . xxxi . WEBSTER : Westward Hoe . Tom A'Lincolne . FARQUHAR : The
Beaux ' Stratagem , ir . 1 . 2 Hoist up saile while gale doth last , Tide and wind
stay ...
PUBLIUS SYRUS : Maxim 262 . Strike wbilst the iron is hot . - RABELAIS : book ii
. chap . xxxi . WEBSTER : Westward Hoe . Tom A'Lincolne . FARQUHAR : The
Beaux ' Stratagem , ir . 1 . 2 Hoist up saile while gale doth last , Tide and wind
stay ...
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... Maxim 524 . Gosson : Ephemerides of Phialo . MARSTON : The Faun . Pierre
volage ne queult mousse ( A rolling stone gathers no moss ) . De l'hermite qui se
désespéra pour le larron que ala en paradis avant que lui , 13th century .
... Maxim 524 . Gosson : Ephemerides of Phialo . MARSTON : The Faun . Pierre
volage ne queult mousse ( A rolling stone gathers no moss ) . De l'hermite qui se
désespéra pour le larron que ala en paradis avant que lui , 13th century .
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CYRIL TOURNEUR . Circa 1600 . A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo ' em ,
To suffer wet damnation to run through ' em . The Revenger's Tragedy . Act iii . Sc
. 1 . 6 1 Great thoughts come from the heart . — VAUVENARGUE Maxim cxxrii .
CYRIL TOURNEUR . Circa 1600 . A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo ' em ,
To suffer wet damnation to run through ' em . The Revenger's Tragedy . Act iii . Sc
. 1 . 6 1 Great thoughts come from the heart . — VAUVENARGUE Maxim cxxrii .
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Ibid . Like a fair house , built on another man's ground . Ibid . We have some salt
of our youth in us . Sc . 3 1 Familiarity breeds contempt . - PUBLIUS SYRUS :
Maxim 640 . I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.1 The SHAKESPEARE . 45
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Ibid . Like a fair house , built on another man's ground . Ibid . We have some salt
of our youth in us . Sc . 3 1 Familiarity breeds contempt . - PUBLIUS SYRUS :
Maxim 640 . I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.1 The SHAKESPEARE . 45
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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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