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

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

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My will is something sorted with his wish: Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; For what I will, I will, and there an end. Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Scene 3.	1
[Antonio to Proteus on hearing from him that Valentine desired his presence at the Emperor’s court.]	2
He that will not when he may, When he will, he shall have nay. Burton.—Anat. of Melancholy, Part III. Sect. 2. Memb. 5. Subsect. 5.	3
She that will not when she may, When she will, she shall have nay. Murphy.—The Upholsterer, Act II.	4
He that wold not when he might, He shall not when he wold—a. Percy Reliques, Vol. II. The Baffled Knight.	5
He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still; Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to himself best known. Butler.—Hudibras, Part III. Canto III. Line 547.	6
She can’t help her temper; and, if she complies against her will, you know it is the more obliging in her. Fielding.—The Different Husbands, Act I. Scene 1.	7
In idle wishes fools supinely stay, Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. Crabbe.—The Birth of Flattery.	8
And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. Pope.—Universal Prayer, Verse 3.	9