John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1025 |
| We have heard the chimes at midnight. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1026 |
| A man can die but once. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1027 |
| Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a’ was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1028 |
| We are ready to try our fortunes To the last man. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
| 1029 |
| I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, “I came, saw, and overcame.” |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1030 |
| He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4. |
| 1031 |
| Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. 1 |
| 1032 |
| Commit The oldest sins the newest kind of ways. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. 2 |
| 1033 |
| A joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kick-shaws, tell William cook. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 1034 |
| His cares are now all ended. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 1035 |
| Falstaff. What wind blew you hither, Pistol? Pistol. Not the ill wind which blows no man to good. 3 |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| 1036 |
| A foutre for the world and worldlings base! I speak of Africa and golden joys. |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| 1037 |
| Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die! |
| King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| 1038 |
| O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! |
| King Henry V. Prologue. |
| 1039 |
| Consideration, like an angel, came And whipped the offending Adam out of him. |
| King Henry V. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Act iv. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back] |
| Note 2. Act iv. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back] |
| Note 3. See Heywood, Quotation 127. Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.—Henry VI. part iii. act ii. sc. 5. [back] |