John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Samuel Butler. (1612–1680) (continued) |
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| Nor do I know what is become Of him, more than the Pope of Rome. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 263. |
| 2375 |
| I ’ll make the fur Fly ’bout the ears of the old cur. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 277. |
| 2376 |
| He had got a hurt O’ the inside, of a deadlier sort. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 309. |
| 2377 |
| These reasons made his mouth to water. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 379. |
| 2378 |
| While the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new. 1 |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 398. |
| 2379 |
| With mortal crisis doth portend My days to appropinque an end. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 589. |
| 2380 |
| For those that run away and fly, Take place at least o’ the enemy. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 609. |
| 2381 |
| I am not now in fortune’s power: He that is down can fall no lower. 2 |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 877. |
| 2382 |
| Cheer’d up himself with ends of verse And sayings of philosophers. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1011. |
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| If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour’s truckle-bed. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1047. |
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| When pious frauds and holy shifts Are dispensations and gifts. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1145. |
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| Friend Ralph, thou hast Outrun the constable 3 at last. |
| Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1367. |
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| Some force whole regions, in despite O’ geography, to change their site; Make former times shake hands with latter, And that which was before come after. |
| Note 1. See Middleton, Quotation 11. [back] |
| Note 2. He that is down needs fear no fall.—John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress, part ii. [back] |
| Note 3. Outrun the constable.—Ray: Proverbs, 1670. [back] |