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

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

Brief


Brief, boy, brief! Fletcher.—The Woman Hater, Act I. Scene 2.	1
We must be brief when traitors brave the field. Shakespeare.—King Richard III., Act IV. Scene 3. (Richard to Ratcliffe.)	2
1. ’Tis brief, my lord, 2. As woman’s love. Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. (Hamlet and Ophelia at the Play.)	3
Brevity is the soul of wit. Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act II. Scene 2. (Polonius to the King and Queen.)	4