John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 952 |
| Give you a reason on compulsion! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 953 |
| Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 954 |
| I was now a coward on instinct. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 955 |
| No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 956 |
| What doth gravity out of his bed at midnight? |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 957 |
| A plague of sighing and grief! It blows a man up like a bladder. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 958 |
| In King Cambyses’ vein. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 959 |
| That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 960 |
| Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 961 |
| Play out the play. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 962 |
| O, monstrous! but one half-pennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack! |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 963 |
| Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 964 |
| I am not in the roll of common men. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 965 |
| Glen. I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hot. Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 966 |
| While you live, tell truth and shame the devil! 1 |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 967 |
| I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 968 |
| But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I ’ll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 969 |
| A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Beaumont and Fletcher: Wit without Money, act iv. sc. 1. Jonathan Swift: Mary the Cookmaid’s Letter. [back] |