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Line 6154 . Loke who that is most vertuous alway , Prive and apert , and most
entendeth ay To do the gentil dedes that he can , And take him for the gretest
gentilman . The Wif of Bathes Tale . Line 6695 . That he is gentil that doth gentil
dedis .
Line 6154 . Loke who that is most vertuous alway , Prive and apert , and most
entendeth ay To do the gentil dedes that he can , And take him for the gretest
gentilman . The Wif of Bathes Tale . Line 6695 . That he is gentil that doth gentil
dedis .
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... doth breede in me the more continuall remembrance of him . - Anne Lady
Bacon to Jane Lady Cornwallis , 1613 . On page 19 of The Private
Correspondence of Lady Cornwallis , Sir Nathaniel Bacon speaks of the owlde
proverbe , " Out of ...
... doth breede in me the more continuall remembrance of him . - Anne Lady
Bacon to Jane Lady Cornwallis , 1613 . On page 19 of The Private
Correspondence of Lady Cornwallis , Sir Nathaniel Bacon speaks of the owlde
proverbe , " Out of ...
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Leape out of the frying pan into the fyre . Ibid . Time trieth troth in every doubt.6
Ibid . Mad as a march hare . Ibid . Much water goeth by the mill That the miller
knoweth not of . Ibid . He must needes goe whom the devill doth drive . ' Chap . ri
.
Leape out of the frying pan into the fyre . Ibid . Time trieth troth in every doubt.6
Ibid . Mad as a march hare . Ibid . Much water goeth by the mill That the miller
knoweth not of . Ibid . He must needes goe whom the devill doth drive . ' Chap . ri
.
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Canto ri . St. 33 . For of the soule the bodie forme doth take ; For soule is forme ,
and doth the bodie make . An Hymne in Honour of Beautie . Line 132 . For all that
faire is , is by nature good ; That is a signe to know the gentle blood . Line 139 .
Canto ri . St. 33 . For of the soule the bodie forme doth take ; For soule is forme ,
and doth the bodie make . An Hymne in Honour of Beautie . Line 132 . For all that
faire is , is by nature good ; That is a signe to know the gentle blood . Line 139 .
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Unhappie wight , borne to desastrous end , That doth his life in so long tendance
spend ! Mother Hubberds Tale . Line 895 What more felicitie can fall to creature
Than to enjoy delight with libertie , And to be lord of all the workes of Nature , To ...
Unhappie wight , borne to desastrous end , That doth his life in so long tendance
spend ! Mother Hubberds Tale . Line 895 What more felicitie can fall to creature
Than to enjoy delight with libertie , And to be lord of all the workes of Nature , To ...
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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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