Take. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

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Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. Moses.—The Book of Numbers, Chap. xvi. Verse 7.	1
Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that; You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Scene 1. (Shylock, after the division of his wealth.)	2
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble. Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act III. Scene 4. (On seeing the Ghost of Banquo.)	3
Take, oh, take those lips away! Shakespeare.—A Song in Measure for Measure, Act IV. Scene 1; and in The Bloody Brother of Beaumont and Fletcher, Act V. Scene 2.	4
Take thy auld cloak about thee. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act II. Sc. 3; Ramsay’s Tea Table Miscellany; and 1 Percy Reliques.	5
Take what he gives, since to rebel is vain; The bad grows better, which we well sustain; And could we choose the time, and choose aright, ’Tis best to die, our honour at the height. Dryden.—Palamon and Arcite, Book III. Line 1086.	6