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

Out

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
St. Matthew, Chap. xii. Ver. 34; St. Luke, Chap. vi. Ver. 45.

As the disposition of a man’s mind is, so is the man: such as the man is, such will be his discourse: his actions will correspond with his discourse, and his life with his actions.
Yonge’s Cicero.—Tusculan Disp. Book V. Div. 16.

Out, damned spot! out I say.
Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act V. Scene 1.

Out, out, brief candle!
Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act V. Scene 5.

Out of my door, you witch!
Shakespeare.—Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV. Scene 2; Ford.—The Witch of Edmonton, Act II. Scene 1.

Out of mind when out of view.
Gay.—The Quidnunki’s, Line 45.

Out of sight out of mind.
Thomas à Kempis.—Imit. of Christ, Book I. Chap. xxiii.

I cannot see thee at liberty,—“No,” said the starling—“I can’t get out—I can’t get out!”
Sterne.—The Starling.