John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1689 |
| Nay, an thou ’lt mouth, I ’ll rant as well as thou. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 1690 |
| Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 1691 |
| There ’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. 1 |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1692 |
| I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1693 |
| It did me yeoman’s service. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1694 |
| The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering passion. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1695 |
| What imports the nomination of this gentleman? |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1696 |
| The phrase would be more german to the matter, if we could carry cannon by our sides. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1697 |
| ’T is the breathing time of day with me. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1698 |
| There ’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’t is not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is ’t to leave betimes? |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1699 |
| I have shot mine arrow o’er the house, And hurt my brother. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1700 |
| Now the king drinks to Hamlet. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1701 |
| A hit, a very palpable hit. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1702 |
| This fell sergeant, death, Is strict in his arrest. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1703 |
| Report me and my cause aright. |
| Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. But they that are above Have ends in everything. Beaumont and Fletcher: The Maid’s Tragedy, act v. sc. 4. [back] |