Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureMacmillan and Company, 1907 - 1158 pages |
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... SHAKESPEARE : Hamlet , act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the Parabolae of ALANUS DE INSULIS , who died in 1294 , - Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Hamlet , act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the Parabolae of ALANUS DE INSULIS , who died in 1294 , - Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives of Windsor , act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . - CHAPMAN : An Humorous Day's Mirth . - Great weeds do grow apace . SHAKESPEARE : Richard ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives of Windsor , act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . - CHAPMAN : An Humorous Day's Mirth . - Great weeds do grow apace . SHAKESPEARE : Richard ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice , act ii . sc . 5 . Also in Jests of Scogin . 1565 . 4 It is this proverb which Henry V. is reported to have uttered at the siege of Orleans . " Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? " said ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice , act ii . sc . 5 . Also in Jests of Scogin . 1565 . 4 It is this proverb which Henry V. is reported to have uttered at the siege of Orleans . " Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? " said ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Taming of the Shrew , ind . 1 ; and , Let the world slip , ind . 2 . 5 Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn ? -SHAKESPEARE : 1 Henry IV . act iii . sc . 2 . 6 See Skelton , page 8 . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Taming of the Shrew , ind . 1 ; and , Let the world slip , ind . 2 . 5 Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn ? -SHAKESPEARE : 1 Henry IV . act iii . sc . 2 . 6 See Skelton , page 8 . SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc ...
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... SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives of Windsor , act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . CHAPMAN : An Humorous Day's Mirth . Great weeds do grow apace . SHAKESPEARE : Richard III ...
... SHAKESPEARE : Merry Wives of Windsor , act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . CHAPMAN : An Humorous Day's Mirth . Great weeds do grow apace . SHAKESPEARE : Richard III ...
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