Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Behold , whiles she before the altar stands , Hearing the holy priest that to her
speakes , And blesseth her with his two happy hands . Fpithalamion . Line 223 .
RICHARD HOOKER . 1553-1600 . Of Law there can be no less acknowledged
than ...
Behold , whiles she before the altar stands , Hearing the holy priest that to her
speakes , And blesseth her with his two happy hands . Fpithalamion . Line 223 .
RICHARD HOOKER . 1553-1600 . Of Law there can be no less acknowledged
than ...
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A needy , hollow - eyed , sharp - looking wretch , A living - dead man . Ibid . Let's
go hand in hand , not one before another . Ibid . He hath indeed better bettered
expectation . Much Ado about Nothing Act i . Sc . 1 . A very valiant trencher - man
.
A needy , hollow - eyed , sharp - looking wretch , A living - dead man . Ibid . Let's
go hand in hand , not one before another . Ibid . He hath indeed better bettered
expectation . Much Ado about Nothing Act i . Sc . 1 . A very valiant trencher - man
.
Page 80
We cannot hold mortality's strong hand . Toid . Make haste ; the better foot before
. Ibid . I saw a smith stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the
anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Ibid . Another lean ...
We cannot hold mortality's strong hand . Toid . Make haste ; the better foot before
. Ibid . I saw a smith stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the
anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Ibid . Another lean ...
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0 , who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy
the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in
December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O , no ! the
apprehension ...
0 , who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy
the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in
December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O , no ! the
apprehension ...
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Sc . 2 . I charge thee , fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels . Ibid . Love
thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than
honesty . Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace , To silence envious tongues .
Sc . 2 . I charge thee , fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels . Ibid . Love
thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than
honesty . Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace , To silence envious tongues .
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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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