John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Samuel Butler. (1612–1680) (continued) |
| But those that write in rhyme still make The one verse for the other’s sake; For one for sense, and one for rhyme, I think ’s sufficient at one time. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 23. |
| 2387 |
| Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel ’s of by th’ blow; Some kick’d until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat’s leather. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 221. |
| 2388 |
| No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 273. |
| 2389 |
| Quoth she, I ’ve heard old cunning stagers Say fools for arguments use wagers. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 297. |
| 2390 |
| Love in your hearts as idly burns As fire in antique Roman urns. 1 |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 309. |
| 2391 |
| For what is worth in anything But so much money as ’t will bring? |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 465. |
| 2392 |
| Love is a boy by poets styl’d; Then spare the rod and spoil the child. 2 |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 843. |
| 2393 |
| The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil’d, the morn From black to red began to turn. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 29. |
| 2394 |
| Have always been at daggers-drawing, And one another clapper-clawing. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 79. |
| 2395 |
| For truth is precious and divine,— Too rich a pearl for carnal swine. |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 257. |
| 2396 |
| Why should not conscience have vacation As well as other courts o’ th’ nation? |
| Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 317. |
| Note 1. Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. William Cowper: Conversation, line 357. [back] |
| Note 2. See Skelton, Quotation 1. [back] |