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Page 91
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But
when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger :
Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . Act ii . Sc . 1 . And sheathed their
swords ...
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But
when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger :
Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood . Act ii . Sc . 1 . And sheathed their
swords ...
Page 95
Warwick , peace , Proud setter up and puller down of kings ! Act iii . Sc . 3 . A little
fire is quickly trodden out ; Which , being suffered , rivers cannot quench . Act iv .
Sc . 8 . Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind ; The thief doth fear each bush ...
Warwick , peace , Proud setter up and puller down of kings ! Act iii . Sc . 3 . A little
fire is quickly trodden out ; Which , being suffered , rivers cannot quench . Act iv .
Sc . 8 . Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind ; The thief doth fear each bush ...
Page 96
Why , I , in this weak piping time of peace , Have no delight to pass away the time
, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun . King Richard II . Act i . Sc . 1 . To leave this
keen encounter of our wits . Sc . 2 . Was ever woman in this humour wooed ?
Why , I , in this weak piping time of peace , Have no delight to pass away the time
, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun . King Richard II . Act i . Sc . 1 . To leave this
keen encounter of our wits . Sc . 2 . Was ever woman in this humour wooed ?
Page 100
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 .
Page 121
Ibid . Things without all remedy Should be without regard ; what's done is done .
We have scotch'd the snake , not kill'd it . Ibid Better be with the dead , Whom we ,
to gain our peace , have sent to peace , Than on the torture of the mind to lie In ...
Ibid . Things without all remedy Should be without regard ; what's done is done .
We have scotch'd the snake , not kill'd it . Ibid Better be with the dead , Whom we ,
to gain our peace , have sent to peace , Than on the torture of the mind to lie In ...
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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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