John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
John Skelton 1460-1529 John Bartlett
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There is nothynge that more dyspleaseth God, Than from theyr children to spare the rod. 1 |
Magnyfycence. Line 1954. |
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He ruleth all the roste. 2 |
Why Come ye not to Courte. Line 198. |
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In the spight of his teeth. 3 |
Colyn Cloute. Line 939. |
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He knew what is what. 4 |
Colyn Cloute. Line 1106. |
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By hoke ne by croke. 5 |
Colyn Cloute. Line 1240. |
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The wolfe from the dore. |
Colyn Cloute. Line 1531. |
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Old proverbe says, That byrd ys not honest That fyleth hys owne nest. 6 |
Poems against Garnesche. |
Note 1. He that spareth the rod hateth his son.—Proverbs xiii. 24. They spare the rod and spoyl the child.—Ralph Venning: Mysteries and Revelations (second ed.), p. 5. 1649. Spare the rod and spoil the child.—Samuel Butler: Hudibras, pt. ii. c. i. l. 843. [back] |
Note 2. Rule the rost.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part i. chap. v. Her that ruled the rost.—Thomas Heywood: History of Women. Rules the roast.—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act ii. sc. 1. William Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI. act i. sc. 1. [back] |
Note 3. In spite of my teeth.—Thomas Middleton: A Trick to catch the Old One, act i. sc. 2. Henry Fielding: Eurydice Hissed. [back] |
Note 4. He knew what ’s what.—Samuel Butler: Hudibras, part i. canto i. line 149. [back] |
Note 5. In hope her to attain by hook or crook.—Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene, book iii. canto i. st. 17. [back] |
Note 6. It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap. v. [back] |