The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-10
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.
From a7Aings not Generally Kaoscn,"
BY D. A. WELLS.

- By D, A. WELLS.
There are many phrases and quotations
which afe as afamiIiar in our mouths as
household words" whose origin is either
unknown or nisconceived, and, without en-
cfoaohipg upon The sphere Of the works de.
voted 70 this purpose, v 9 may mention few
of them;
"Ttere Is death in the pot,n is from The
Bible, . Kings, iv. 10. aLovely aud pleas
an, in their lives, and Ia death they were not
divided,n Is spoken Of Saul and Jonathan, Q
Samuel, |. %. ia man after his own heari,n
Samuel, xiii. IA. ssThe apple Of his eye,~
Dent, -xix. 81, "a ssiIl ssaea .oies,u :
Kings, xix. IL. s'Escaped with the skin Of
my ,esth, ]" Job, xix. 20. "That mine adver.
sary had written book" Job, xxi. 35--
spreading himself like a green bay tree"
Psalm, xxxvii. s5. "Hanged our harps upon
the willows" Psalm, cxxxvii. 2. "Ricbes
make (uot take, as II is ofler quoied,) them
selves WINGS" Proverbs, xiii. s. "Heap
Goals Of fire upon his head" Ibid, XIV. 22
emo new thing under the sun. !" Ecclesiastes,
i.9. "of making many books there is no
end" Ibid, xii. IL. "Peace, peace. when
there Is no peace" (made famous by Pat
rick Henry,) jeremiah, viii. II. "My name
is leg,on," Mark, v. o. t'To kick against
the pricks," Acts, tx, 5. "Make virtue of
necessity, J" Shskspeare's Two Gentlemen of
Verona, Gall that glisters is not gold, /" usn-
ally quoted CAN is rot gold that glitters," !"
Merchant of Venice. ''Sciew your courage
10 the Sticking place." (not point Macbeth i.
snake assurance doubIy sure, Ibid. "Hang
out our banners on the outward (not outer)
walls" Ibid. "Ksep the word Of promise
TO our (nol they ear, but break it TO our hope"
Ibid. "Ii is an ill.wind that turns none TO
good p usually quoted, "It's an ill-wind tha,
blows no one any good" Thomas Tasser,
1880. "Christmas comes but once a year"
Ibid. "Look ere thou leap" Ibid; and "Look
before you ere you leap" Hudibras, COM
monty quoted, "Look before you leap p
HOut of mind as soon as out of sight," usu-
ally qnoied, "Out Of sight, out of mind"
Lord Brooke. "Whai though the field be
lost, all is not losi,n Milton. "Awake, arise,
or be for ever faen," Ibid. "Necessiiy, the
tyraul's plea" Ibid. "That old man, elo-
qusnt,n ibid. "Psacs bath her VICTORIES"
Ibid. "Though this may be play TO you, 'lis
death TO us !" Roger L'Esirapge, 1904. "All
tcfJ and wool, tssr.y wccis) ffndrsrts.
"Count their chickens ere (not before) they're
hatched,n y Ibid. 'Througb thick and him.
Dryden "When Greeks Joined Greeks, then
was the tug of war;" usually quoted "When
Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug oI
war;" Nathaniel Lee, 1892. "Of two evils,
I lave chose the least" Prior. "Richard is
himself again." Colley Bibber. "Classic
ground,n Addison. GAS clear as whistle, y
Byron, 1888. IA good halter" Johnsoniana,
"a fellow feeling makes one wondrous
kind" Garrick. "My name is Norval,''
John Home, 1908. "Ask me no questions,
and I'll tell you ne fi5s,' Goldsmith. "Nol
much the worse for wear" (noi none the
worse,) Cowper. "What will Mrs. Grnndy
say,n Thomas Morton. sNo rent up Utics
contracts your powers" Joua. M. SeweI.-
"Haih given hostages to fortune," Bacon
ellis (God's) image cut in ebony,n Thomai
Fulles .sWise and mastery inactivity
Macklntosh, in 1871, though generally ailri
buted to Randolph. "First in war, frs, in
peace, and first in The hearts of his fellow
citizens" (not eountrymen,) resolutions pre-
senled to House of Representatives, Decem
ber, 1899, prepared by Gen. Henry Lee.---
stMillions for defence, but not one cent fo
uibute," Charles c. Pinckney. "The AL
mighty Dollar,' Washington Irving. "A'
good as play" King Charles, when in Par
Lament, attending the discussion of Lore
ROSES divorce bill. "SeIliug bargain" il
in loves Labor Lost s'Fas, and Loose, ,
Ibid. "Pumplng man." otway's Venice
Preserved. go snacks," Pope's prologue
10 Satires. "In The wrong box,n Fox's Mar
iys. "To lamm in the sense Of 10 heal,
King and no King, by Beaumont and Fle,oh
er. The hackneyed newspaper Latin quota
lion, 'sTempora malautur, nos et muianu
in ills, 10 not found in any classic or La,il
author The nearest approach 10 il wa
"Omnia mutaniur, 60, and this is found il
Borbonius, German writer Of the middl,
ages. t
"Smelling Of The lamp is 10 be found Il
Plularch, and is there attributed 10 Pytheas
"a liule bird told me,n comes from Ecclesi
asies, x. 20, tdor bird OF the air shall carr,
the voice, and that which hath wings shal
tell The maller.o
aHe that fights and runs away
May live 10 fight another .day.o
These lines, usually ascribed 10 Hudibrai
are really much older. They are TO be foun,
in book published in 1879. The same ide
! is, however, expressed ina couplet publish
ed in 1542, while one Of the few fragmen,
of Merander, the Greek writer, that hav
been preserved, embodies the same idea il
single line The conplet in Hudiblas is---
aFor thoss thai fly may fight again,
Which he can never do hats slainp
: "There 'sa good time coming" is an ex
preston used BY Sir Walter Scott in Ro
Roy, and has doubtless for a long time bee
a familiar saying in Scotland.