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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
1008
    An habitation giddy and unsure
Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.
1009
    Past and to come seems best; things present worst.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.
1010
    A poor lone woman.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
1011
    I ’ll tickle your catastrophe.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
1012
    He hath eaten me out of house and home.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
1013
    Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin-chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in Wheeson week.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
1014
    I do now remember the poor creature, small beer.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.
1015
    Let the end try the man.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.
1016
    Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.
1017
    He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 3.
1018
    Aggravate your choler.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 4.
1019
    O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature’s soft nurse! how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
1020
    With all appliances and means to boot.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
1021
    Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
1022
    Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair?
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.
1023
    Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a’ may be thought to be accommodated,—which is an excellent thing.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.
1024
    Most forcible Feeble.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.