John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Philip Massinger. (1583–1640) |
| 2192 |
| Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans’ tears, Will not be drawn. |
| A New Way to pay Old Debts. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 2193 |
| Death hath a thousand doors to let out life. 2 |
| A Very Woman. Act v. Sc. 4. |
| 2194 |
| This many-headed monster. 3 |
| The Roman Actor. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 2195 |
| Grim death. 4 |
| The Roman Actor. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
| Thomas Heywood. (1574?–1641) |
| 2196 |
| The world ’s a theatre, the earth a stage Which God and Nature do with actors fill. 5 |
| Apology for Actors (1612). |
| 2197 |
| I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom. |
| Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. |
| 2198 |
| Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head. 6 |
| Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. |
| 2199 |
| Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen. 7 |
| History of Women (ed. 1624). Page 286. |
| John Selden. (1584–1654) |
| 2200 |
| Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the |
| Note 1. See Middleton, Quotation 9. [back] |
| Note 2. Death hath so many doors to let out life.—Beaumont and Fletcher: The Custom of the Country, act ii. sc. 2. The thousand doors that lead to death.—Sir Thomas Browne: Religio Medici, part i. sect. xliv. [back] |
| Note 3. See Sir Philip Sidney, Quotation 6. [back] |
| Note 4. Grim death, my son and foe.—John Milton: Paradise Lost, book ii. line 804. [back] |
| Note 5. See Shakespeare, As You Like It, Quotation 36. [back] |
| Note 6. See Burton, Quotation 42. [back] |
| Note 7. See Heywood, Quotation 29. [back] |