John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
933 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 933 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin new reap’d Showed like a stubble-land at harvest-home; He was perfumed like a milliner, And ’twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took ’t away again. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |