Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
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Page 96
... and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit , there were crept , As ' t were
in scorn of eyes , reflecting gems . Ibid . A parlous boy . Act ii . Sc . 4 . i For fools
rush in where angels fear to tread . – Pope : Essay on Criticism , part üi . line 66 .
... and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit , there were crept , As ' t were
in scorn of eyes , reflecting gems . Ibid . A parlous boy . Act ii . Sc . 4 . i For fools
rush in where angels fear to tread . – Pope : Essay on Criticism , part üi . line 66 .
Page 100
Be just , and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's , Thy God's ,
and truth's ; then if thou fall'st , O Cromwell , Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! Ibid .
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king , he would not in
mine ...
Be just , and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's , Thy God's ,
and truth's ; then if thou fall'st , O Cromwell , Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! Ibid .
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king , he would not in
mine ...
Page 112
These things are beyond all use , And I do fear them . Ibid . When beggars die ,
there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of
princes . Ibid . Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never
taste of ...
These things are beyond all use , And I do fear them . Ibid . When beggars die ,
there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of
princes . Ibid . Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never
taste of ...
Page 116
Two truths are told , As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme
. Ibid . And make my seated heart knock at my ribs , Against the use of nature .
Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings . Ibid . Nothing is But what is not .
Two truths are told , As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme
. Ibid . And make my seated heart knock at my ribs , Against the use of nature .
Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings . Ibid . Nothing is But what is not .
Page 117
Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o ' the milk of human kindness . Sc . 5 . What
thou wouldst highly , That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false , And yet
wouldst wrongly win . Ibia . That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my
fell ...
Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o ' the milk of human kindness . Sc . 5 . What
thou wouldst highly , That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false , And yet
wouldst wrongly win . Ibia . That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my
fell ...
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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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