| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| William B. Rhodes. (c. 1790) |
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| 1 | Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face. 1 |
| Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| 2 | Bom. So have I heard on Africs burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artax. So have I heard on Africs burning shore Another lion give a grievous roar; And the first lion thought the last a bore. |
| Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| | Note 1. Let none but he these arms displace, Who dares Orlandos fury face. Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. chap. lxvi.
Ray: Proverbs. Thomas: English Prose Romance, page 85. [back] |
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