Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Page 24
Six hours in sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer , the rest on
Nature fix.8 Translation of lines quoted by Coke . GEORGE PEELE . 1552-1598 .
His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift ! O swiftness never ...
Six hours in sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer , the rest on
Nature fix.8 Translation of lines quoted by Coke . GEORGE PEELE . 1552-1598 .
His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift ! O swiftness never ...
Page 68
And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe , And then from hour to hour we rot and
rot ; And thereby hangs a tale . Ibid . My lungs began to crow like chanticleer ,
That fools should be so deep - contemplative ; And I did laugh sans intermission
...
And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe , And then from hour to hour we rot and
rot ; And thereby hangs a tale . Ibid . My lungs began to crow like chanticleer ,
That fools should be so deep - contemplative ; And I did laugh sans intermission
...
Page 73
They say miracles are past . . Ibid . All the learned and authentic fellows . Ibid . A
young man married is a man that's marr'd . Ibid . Make the coming hour o'erflow
with joy , And pleasure drown the brim . Sc . 4 . No legacy is so rich as honesty .
They say miracles are past . . Ibid . All the learned and authentic fellows . Ibid . A
young man married is a man that's marr'd . Ibid . Make the coming hour o'erflow
with joy , And pleasure drown the brim . Sc . 4 . No legacy is so rich as honesty .
Page 88
But we rose both at an instant , and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock .
King Henry IV . Part I. Act v . Sc . 4 . I'll purge , and leave sack , and live cleanly .
Ibid . Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless , So dull , so dead in look , so woe ...
But we rose both at an instant , and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock .
King Henry IV . Part I. Act v . Sc . 4 . I'll purge , and leave sack , and live cleanly .
Ibid . Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless , So dull , so dead in look , so woe ...
Page 104
An hour before the worshipp'd sun Peered forth the golden window of the east .
Ibid . As is the bud bit with an envious worm Ere he can spread his sweet leaves
to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the sun . Ibid . Saint - seducing gold . Ibid .
An hour before the worshipp'd sun Peered forth the golden window of the east .
Ibid . As is the bud bit with an envious worm Ere he can spread his sweet leaves
to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the sun . Ibid . Saint - seducing gold . Ibid .
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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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