Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureLittle, Brown, and Company, 1894 - 1158 pages |
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Page 52
... stand ? Dogb . Why , then , take no note of him , but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together , and thank God you are rid of a knave . Is most tolerable , and not to be endured . Ibid . Ibid . If they make you not ...
... stand ? Dogb . Why , then , take no note of him , but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together , and thank God you are rid of a knave . Is most tolerable , and not to be endured . Ibid . Ibid . If they make you not ...
Page 80
... stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Another lean unwashed artificer . How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done ! Mocking the air ...
... stand with his hammer , thus , The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news . Another lean unwashed artificer . How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done ! Mocking the air ...
Page 91
... stand like greyhounds in the slips , Straining upon the start . Ibid . I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety . Sc . 2 . Men of few words are the best men . Ibid . I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three ...
... stand like greyhounds in the slips , Straining upon the start . Ibid . I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety . Sc . 2 . Men of few words are the best men . Ibid . I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three ...
Page 92
... stand a tip - toe when this day is named , And rouse him at the name of Crispian . Ibid . Then shall our names , Familiar in his mouth 2 as household words , Harry the King , Bedford and Exeter , Warwick and Talbot , Salisbury and ...
... stand a tip - toe when this day is named , And rouse him at the name of Crispian . Ibid . Then shall our names , Familiar in his mouth 2 as household words , Harry the King , Bedford and Exeter , Warwick and Talbot , Salisbury and ...
Page 98
... stand the hazard of the die : I think there be six Richmonds in the field . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! Sc . 4 . Ibid . Order gave each thing view . King Henry VIII . Act i . Sc . 1 . No man's pie is freed From his ...
... stand the hazard of the die : I think there be six Richmonds in the field . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! Sc . 4 . Ibid . Order gave each thing view . King Henry VIII . Act i . Sc . 1 . No man's pie is freed From his ...
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