Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature, Volume 10

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Little, Brown, 1955 - Aphorisms and Proverbs - 1614 pages
The object of this work is to show, to some extent, the obligations our language owes to various authors for numerous phrases and familiar quotations which have become household words.

Contents

TIEN
5
876
35
SHARPE R L
47
SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM
123
Hamlet
139
King Henry IV Part II
152
King Henry VI Part I
168
SCOTT SIR WALTER
174
SENECA
459
271
463
Merry Wives of Windsor
477
159
489
583
643
King Henry IV Part I
648
EARL
653
Ross SIR RONALD
775

SCOTT WILLIAM LORD STOWELL
188
King Henry VI Part II
190
SCRUGGS ANDERSON M
201
SÉBASTIANI FRANÇOIS HORACE BAS
207
King Henry VIII
210
King John
233
King Richard III
245
132
291
131
309
note
363
King Henry VI Part I
794
649
828
King John
951
King Richard II
961
ROYALL KENNETH CLAIBORNE
971
18
983
RUKEYSER MURIEL
996
King Richard III
1001
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