Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Cough
Adepts in the speaking trade
Keep a cough by them ready made.
Churchill.—The Ghost, Book II.
And coughing drowns the person’s saw.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labor Lost, Act V.
Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Adepts in the speaking trade
Keep a cough by them ready made.
Churchill.—The Ghost, Book II.
And coughing drowns the person’s saw.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labor Lost, Act V.