Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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1 Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labi ( The deepest rivers flow with the
least sound ) . – Q. CURTius , vii . 4. 13 . Smooth runs the water where the brook
is deep . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act iii . sc . i . Methought I saw the grave ...
1 Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labi ( The deepest rivers flow with the
least sound ) . – Q. CURTius , vii . 4. 13 . Smooth runs the water where the brook
is deep . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act iii . sc . i . Methought I saw the grave ...
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Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound . Canto xüä St. 70 . Through thick
and thin , both over bank and bush , In hope her to attain by hook or crook.2 Book
ii . Canto i . St. 17 . Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew , 8 And her ...
Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound . Canto xüä St. 70 . Through thick
and thin , both over bank and bush , In hope her to attain by hook or crook.2 Book
ii . Canto i . St. 17 . Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew , 8 And her ...
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The man that hath no music in himself , Nor is not moved with concord of sweet
sounds , Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are
dull as night , And his affections dark as Erebus . Let no such man be trusted .
The man that hath no music in himself , Nor is not moved with concord of sweet
sounds , Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are
dull as night , And his affections dark as Erebus . Let no such man be trusted .
Page 69
... manly voice , Turning again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his
sound . Last scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second
childishness and mere oblivion , Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans
everything .
... manly voice , Turning again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his
sound . Last scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second
childishness and mere oblivion , Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans
everything .
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That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O , it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound
2 That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour ! Twelfth Night
. Act i . Sc . 1 . I am sure care's an enemy to life . Sc . 3 . At my fingers ' ends.3 ...
That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O , it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound
2 That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour ! Twelfth Night
. Act i . Sc . 1 . I am sure care's an enemy to life . Sc . 3 . At my fingers ' ends.3 ...
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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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