Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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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 ...
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Lord , what fools these mortals be ! Sc . 2 . So we grew together , Like to a double
cherry , seeming parted , But yet an union in partition . Ibid . Two lovely berries
moulded on one stem . Ibid . I have an exposition of sleep come upon me . Act iv .
Lord , what fools these mortals be ! Sc . 2 . So we grew together , Like to a double
cherry , seeming parted , But yet an union in partition . Ibid . Two lovely berries
moulded on one stem . Ibid . I have an exposition of sleep come upon me . Act iv .
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... noble youth did dress themselves . Sc . 3 . Aggravate your choler . Sc . 4 . O
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 ? Act
üi .
... noble youth did dress themselves . Sc . 3 . Aggravate your choler . Sc . 4 . O
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 ? Act
üi .
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Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep . Ibid . But if it be a sin to covet
honour , I am the most offending soul alive . This day is called the feast of
Crispian : He that outlives this day and comes safe home , Will stand a tip - toe
when this ...
Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep . Ibid . But if it be a sin to covet
honour , I am the most offending soul alive . This day is called the feast of
Crispian : He that outlives this day and comes safe home , Will stand a tip - toe
when this ...
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Let me have men about me that are fat , Sleek - headed men , and such as sleep
o ' nights : Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such
men are dangerous . Julius Cæsar . Act i . Sc . 2 . He reads much ; He is a great ...
Let me have men about me that are fat , Sleek - headed men , and such as sleep
o ' nights : Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such
men are dangerous . Julius Cæsar . Act i . Sc . 2 . He reads much ; He is a great ...
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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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