Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Mortar
If he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He’ll bray you in a mortar.
Ben Jonson.—The Alchemist, Act II. Scene 1.
Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
If he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He’ll bray you in a mortar.
Ben Jonson.—The Alchemist, Act II. Scene 1.