John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 1093 |
| To leave this keen encounter of our wits. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 1094 |
| Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won? |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 1095 |
| Framed in the prodigality of nature. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 1096 |
| The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. 1 |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 1097 |
| And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of 2 holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 1098 |
| O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though ’t were to buy a world of happy days. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| 1099 |
| Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes! Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon, Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea: Some lay in dead men’s skulls; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As ’t were in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems. |
| King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| 1100 |
| A parlous boy. |
| King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism, part iii. line 66. [back] |
| Note 2. ”Stolen forth” in White and Knight. [back] |