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Better late than never.5 Ibid . Ibid . When the steede is stolne , shut the stable
durre . Pryde will have a fall ; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after .
? She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.s Ibid . Ibid . Ibid . The still
sowe ...
Better late than never.5 Ibid . Ibid . When the steede is stolne , shut the stable
durre . Pryde will have a fall ; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after .
? She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.s Ibid . Ibid . Ibid . The still
sowe ...
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Be the day never so long , Evermore at last they ring to evensong . Ibid . The
moone is made of a greene cheese . * Ibid . I know on which side my bread is
buttred , Ibid . 3 It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.5 Chap . riii Who
is so ...
Be the day never so long , Evermore at last they ring to evensong . Ibid . The
moone is made of a greene cheese . * Ibid . I know on which side my bread is
buttred , Ibid . 3 It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.5 Chap . riii Who
is so ...
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An Elegie ; or Friend's Passion for his Astrophill.1 Was never eie did see that face
, Was never eare did heare that tong , Was never minde did minde his grace ,
That ever thought the travell long ; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were
with ...
An Elegie ; or Friend's Passion for his Astrophill.1 Was never eie did see that face
, Was never eare did heare that tong , Was never minde did minde his grace ,
That ever thought the travell long ; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were
with ...
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I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved
more than with a trumpet . Ibid . High - erected thoughts seated in the heart of
courtesy.1 Arcadia . Book i . They are never alone that are accompanied with
noble ...
I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved
more than with a trumpet . Ibid . High - erected thoughts seated in the heart of
courtesy.1 Arcadia . Book i . They are never alone that are accompanied with
noble ...
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Fair words never hurt the tongue . ? Act iv . Sc . 1 . Let pride go afore , shame will
follow after . Ibid . I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the
hyena , the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf . Act v . Sc . 1 .
Fair words never hurt the tongue . ? Act iv . Sc . 1 . Let pride go afore , shame will
follow after . Ibid . I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the
hyena , the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf . Act v . Sc . 1 .
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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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