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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Adversary

Oh that mine adversary had written a book.
Job.—Chapter xxxi. Verse 35.

And do as adversaries do in law:
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
Shakespeare.—Taming of the Shrew, Act I. Scene 2. (Tranio to Hortensio.)