Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1898 - 1158 pages |
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... iv . sc . 5 . - 6 Some are born great , some achieve greatness , and some have greatness thrust upon ' em . - SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act ii . sc . 5 . Young men think old men are fools ; but old BROOKE . 35 - CHAPMAN .
... iv . sc . 5 . - 6 Some are born great , some achieve greatness , and some have greatness thrust upon ' em . - SHAKESPEARE : Twelfth Night , act ii . sc . 5 . Young men think old men are fools ; but old BROOKE . 35 - CHAPMAN .
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... born to do . And who ( in time ) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T'enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds in the yet unformed ...
... born to do . And who ( in time ) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T'enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds in the yet unformed ...
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... born under a rhyming planet . Done to death by slanderous tongues . Or , having sworn too hard a keeping oath , Study to break it and not break my troth . Sc . 2 . Sc . 3 . Love's Labour's Lost . Act i . Sc 1 . Light seeking light doth ...
... born under a rhyming planet . Done to death by slanderous tongues . Or , having sworn too hard a keeping oath , Study to break it and not break my troth . Sc . 2 . Sc . 3 . Love's Labour's Lost . Act i . Sc 1 . Light seeking light doth ...
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... born great , some achieve greatness , and some have greatness thrust upon ' em . Ibid . Foolery , sir , does walk about the orb like the sun ; it shines everywhere . Oh , what a deal of scorn looks beautiful Act iii . Sc . 1 . In the ...
... born great , some achieve greatness , and some have greatness thrust upon ' em . Ibid . Foolery , sir , does walk about the orb like the sun ; it shines everywhere . Oh , what a deal of scorn looks beautiful Act iii . Sc . 1 . In the ...
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... born babe , Striding the blast , or heaven's cherubim , horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air , Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye , That tears shall drown the wind . I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent , but ...
... born babe , Striding the blast , or heaven's cherubim , horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air , Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye , That tears shall drown the wind . I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent , but ...
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