Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureLittle, Brown, and Company, 1894 - 1158 pages |
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... SHAKESPEARE , WILLIAM . 42 SUMNER , Charles SHARMAN , JULIAN , note . 12 SWIFT , JONATHAN SHEFFIELD 279 SHELLEY , PERCY B. 564 TACITUS PERCY B. , note 592 TALFOURD , THOMAS N. SHENSTONE , WILLIAM 379 TANEY , ROGER B .. SHERES , SIR ...
... SHAKESPEARE , WILLIAM . 42 SUMNER , Charles SHARMAN , JULIAN , note . 12 SWIFT , JONATHAN SHEFFIELD 279 SHELLEY , PERCY B. 564 TACITUS PERCY B. , note 592 TALFOURD , THOMAS N. SHENSTONE , WILLIAM 379 TANEY , ROGER B .. SHERES , SIR ...
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... 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 quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) ...
... 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 quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Taming of the Shrew , ind . 1 ; and , Let the world slip , ind . 2 . 5 Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn ? - SHAKESPEARE : 1 Henry IV . act iii . sc . 2 . 6 See Skelton , page 8 . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Taming of the Shrew , ind . 1 ; and , Let the world slip , ind . 2 . 5 Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn ? - SHAKESPEARE : 1 Henry IV . act iii . sc . 2 . 6 See Skelton , page 8 . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word " sleveless , " in the sense of unprofitable , has defied the most careful research . It is frequently found allied to other substantives . Bishop Hall speaks of ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word " sleveless , " in the sense of unprofitable , has defied the most careful research . It is frequently found allied to other substantives . Bishop Hall speaks of ...
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