Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureLittle, Brown, and Company, 1894 - 1158 pages |
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... sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer , the rest on Nature fix.3 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 ...
... sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer , the rest on Nature fix.3 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 58
... sleep come upon me . I have had a dream , past the wit of man to say what dream it was . Ibid . The eye of man hath not heard , the ear of man hath not seen , man's hand is not able to taste , his tongue to conceive , nor his heart to ...
... sleep come upon me . I have had a dream , past the wit of man to say what dream it was . Ibid . The eye of man hath not heard , the ear of man hath not seen , man's hand is not able to taste , his tongue to conceive , nor his heart to ...
Page 89
... sleep , O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? With all appliances and means to boot . Uneasy lies the head that wears a ...
... sleep , O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? With all appliances and means to boot . Uneasy lies the head that wears a ...
Page 92
... sleep . Ibid . But if it be a sin to covet honour , I am the most offending soul alive . Sc . 3 . This day is called the feast of Crispian : He that outlives this day and comes safe home , Will stand a tip - toe when this day is named ...
... sleep . Ibid . But if it be a sin to covet honour , I am the most offending soul alive . Sc . 3 . This day is called the feast of Crispian : He that outlives this day and comes safe home , Will stand a tip - toe when this day is named ...
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... sleep will never lie . Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears . Stabbed with a white wench's black eye . The courageous captain of complements . Sc . 3 . Ibid . Ibid . Sc . 4 . Ibid . 1 Perjuria ridet amantum Jupiter ( Jupiter ...
... sleep will never lie . Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears . Stabbed with a white wench's black eye . The courageous captain of complements . Sc . 3 . Ibid . Ibid . Sc . 4 . Ibid . 1 Perjuria ridet amantum Jupiter ( Jupiter ...
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