Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureLittle, Brown,, 1911 - 1156 pages |
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... act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the Parabolae of ALANUS DE ÎNSULIS , - Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) . who died in 1294 , -- All is not golde ...
... act ii . sc . 2 . 2 Tyrwhitt says this is taken from the Parabolae of ALANUS DE ÎNSULIS , - Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum ( Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold ) . who died in 1294 , -- All is not golde ...
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... act ii . sc . 1. SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc . 1 . 8 In spite of my teeth . - MIDDLETON : A Trick to catch the Old One , act i . sc . 2. FIELDING : Eurydice Hissed . 4 He knew what ' s what . - BUTLER : Hudibras , part i ...
... act ii . sc . 1. SHAKESPEARE : 2 Henry VI . act i . sc . 1 . 8 In spite of my teeth . - MIDDLETON : A Trick to catch the Old One , act i . sc . 2. FIELDING : Eurydice Hissed . 4 He knew what ' s what . - BUTLER : Hudibras , part i ...
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... 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 King Henry . 5 Entre deux arcouns ...
... 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 King Henry . 5 Entre deux arcouns ...
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... act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word " sleveless , " in the sense of unprofitable , has defied the most careful ... act iv . sc 1 . 9 FLETCHER : Valentinian , act ii . sc . 1 . 10 HUMPHREY ROBERT : Complaint for Reformation , 1572 ...
... act i . sc . 3 . 2 The origin of the word " sleveless , " in the sense of unprofitable , has defied the most careful ... act iv . sc 1 . 9 FLETCHER : Valentinian , act ii . sc . 1 . 10 HUMPHREY ROBERT : Complaint for Reformation , 1572 ...
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... ii . 11 . 6 Quant le cheval est emblé dounke ferme fols l'estable ( When the horse has been stolen , the fool shuts ... act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . CHAPMAN : An ...
... ii . 11 . 6 Quant le cheval est emblé dounke ferme fols l'estable ( When the horse has been stolen , the fool shuts ... act iv . sc . 2 . 10 Ewyl weed ys sone y - growe . - MS . Harleian , circa 1490 . An ill weed grows apace . CHAPMAN : An ...
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