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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
1025
    We have heard the chimes at midnight.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.
1026
    A man can die but once.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.
1027
    Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a’ was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.
1028
    We are ready to try our fortunes
To the last man.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.
1029
    I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, “I came, saw, and overcame.”
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1030
    He hath a tear for pity, and a hand
Open as day for melting charity.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.
1031
    Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. 1
1032
    Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 5. 2
1033
    A joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kick-shaws, tell William cook.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 1.
1034
    His cares are now all ended.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2.
1035
    Falstaff. What wind blew you hither, Pistol?
Pistol. Not the ill wind which blows no man to good. 3
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3.
1036
    A foutre for the world and worldlings base!
I speak of Africa and golden joys.
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3.
1037
    Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die!
          King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3.
1038
    O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention!
          King Henry V. Prologue.
1039
    Consideration, like an angel, came
And whipped the offending Adam out of him.
          King Henry V. Act i. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
Act iv. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 2.
Act iv. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 3.
See Heywood, Quotation 127.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.—Henry VI. part iii. act ii. sc. 5. [back]