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Up rose the sonne , and up rose Emelie . Line 2275 . 1 In allusion to the proverb ,
“ Every honest miller has a golden thumb . " 2 Fieldes have eies and woodes
have eares . - HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . v . Wode has erys , felde
has ...
Up rose the sonne , and up rose Emelie . Line 2275 . 1 In allusion to the proverb ,
“ Every honest miller has a golden thumb . " 2 Fieldes have eies and woodes
have eares . - HEYWOOD : Proverbes , part ii . chap . v . Wode has erys , felde
has ...
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The wrong sow by th'eare . ? Ibid . Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother .
8 Ibid . Love me , love my dog . ' Ibid . 1 GASCOIGNE : Roses , 1575 . Title of a
Book of Epigrams , 1608. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER : The Scornful Lady , act
i ...
The wrong sow by th'eare . ? Ibid . Went in at the tone eare and out at the tother .
8 Ibid . Love me , love my dog . ' Ibid . 1 GASCOIGNE : Roses , 1575 . Title of a
Book of Epigrams , 1608. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER : The Scornful Lady , act
i ...
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Then down he throws The coral of his lip , the rose Growing on ' s cheek ( but
none knows how ) ; With these , the crystal of his brow , And then the dimple on
his chin : All these did my Campaspe win . At last he set her both his eyes : She
won ...
Then down he throws The coral of his lip , the rose Growing on ' s cheek ( but
none knows how ) ; With these , the crystal of his brow , And then the dimple on
his chin : All these did my Campaspe win . At last he set her both his eyes : She
won ...
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Your eyes are so sharpe that you cannot onely looke through a Milstone , but
cleane through the minde . Page 289 . I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete
tooth in his head . Page 308 . A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne .
Your eyes are so sharpe that you cannot onely looke through a Milstone , but
cleane through the minde . Page 289 . I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete
tooth in his head . Page 308 . A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne .
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And I ill make hee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies . Ibid . Infinite
riches in a little room . The Jew of Malta . Act i . Excess of wealth is cause of
covetousness . Ibid . Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the
dove ...
And I ill make hee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies . Ibid . Infinite
riches in a little room . The Jew of Malta . Act i . Excess of wealth is cause of
covetousness . Ibid . Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the
dove ...
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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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