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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... poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul . POPE : Paraphrase of the Prologue , line 298 . 2 Handsome is that handsome does . - GOLDSMITH : Vicar of Wakefield , chap . i . 3 Hee must have a long spoon , shall eat with the devil ...
... poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul . POPE : Paraphrase of the Prologue , line 298 . 2 Handsome is that handsome does . - GOLDSMITH : Vicar of Wakefield , chap . i . 3 Hee must have a long spoon , shall eat with the devil ...
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... poor cat i ' the adage . - Cat lufat visch , ac he nele his feth wete . MS . Trinity College , Cam- bridge , circa 1250 . 8 Whylst grass doth grow , oft sterves the seely steede . Promos and Cassandra . 1578 . While the grass grows The ...
... poor cat i ' the adage . - Cat lufat visch , ac he nele his feth wete . MS . Trinity College , Cam- bridge , circa 1250 . 8 Whylst grass doth grow , oft sterves the seely steede . Promos and Cassandra . 1578 . While the grass grows The ...
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... poor , though much they have , And I am rich with little store : They poor , I rich ; they beg , I give ; They lack , I have ; they pine , I live . Ibid BISHOP STILL ( JOHN ) . 1543-1607 . I cannot eat but little meat , My stomach is ...
... poor , though much they have , And I am rich with little store : They poor , I rich ; they beg , I give ; They lack , I have ; they pine , I live . Ibid BISHOP STILL ( JOHN ) . 1543-1607 . I cannot eat but little meat , My stomach is ...
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... poor a thing is man ! Stanza 163 . To the Countess of Cumberland . Stanza 12 . Care - charmer Sleep , son of the sable Night , Brother to Death , in silent darkness born . 1 Prosperum ac felix scelus Virtus vocatur To Delia . Sonnet 51 ...
... poor a thing is man ! Stanza 163 . To the Countess of Cumberland . Stanza 12 . Care - charmer Sleep , son of the sable Night , Brother to Death , in silent darkness born . 1 Prosperum ac felix scelus Virtus vocatur To Delia . Sonnet 51 ...
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... poor man . Ibid . Truth will come to sight ; murder cannot be hid long . Ibid . In the twinkling of an eye . Ibid . And the vile squeaking of the wry - necked fife . Sc . 5 . All things that are , Are with more spirit chased than enjoy ...
... poor man . Ibid . Truth will come to sight ; murder cannot be hid long . Ibid . In the twinkling of an eye . Ibid . And the vile squeaking of the wry - necked fife . Sc . 5 . All things that are , Are with more spirit chased than enjoy ...
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