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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1400 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1400
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d.
ATTRIBUTION:Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 4. 1  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Act ii. sc. 2 in Dyce and White; Act ii. sc. 3 in Staunton. [back]