Smyrna times., 1858-07-29
ANALECTA sHAKEsPERTAMA.

We suspect that but few persons are aware
Y how many of our familiar and household ex.
preesions are traceablc to the writings Of
Shakespeare. All who read the bard of Avon
quote him, but there are millions that scarcely
every read a line Of his works, who have his
phrases upon their lips every day. Such cx-
presslons for instance, as the " observed of all
, Observers" "teIl truth and shame the Devil,
"suit the action to the word, and great num-
ber Of others, are of daily use by persons in
every class of society. They are never thought
; of as quotations from Shakespeare, but have
, long been regarded as the common property OF
al! who speak the English language. You cam
not take up book, u magazine, or newspaper,
that these ShakesperlaH proverbs do not meet
; The eye st every turn, and you cannot listen to
harangue in the Senate, at the Bar, or from
the Hastings, that they do not fall upon the ear
In conversation they are heard with even great
er frequency, and indeed it is a rare thing for
any tolerabiy educated person, to write, speak,
or talk for fifteen minutes at time without
quoting Shakespeare, either consciously or un-
consciously, so deeply are the thoughts of this
author interviewer with the very structure OF
our language.
We have colated from the dramas of Shakes
learc some CT these popular and commonplace
phrases. The collection is very far from being
a complete one, but such as it is it will assist
us to appreciate the prodigious impress which
Shakespeare has made on the minds of men,
NO English writer, either in poetry or prose,
hUs stamped the image Of his own genius so
deeply and indcllibly on our language. Let
The reader undertake to make up from Milton
from Pope, from Dryden, or from any other
celebrated English poet, list Of proverbial ex-
presSiols similar to that which we give below
from Shakespeare, and he will soon find that
his labor is spent in vain. The aphorsms
| which cluster so thick in the pages Of the great
dr2matst, are to be found, if found at all, onlv
at long intervals in the works of other writers
and We have not the slightest doubt that lar.
ger dictionary Of popular quotations could be
compiled from the plays OF Shakespeare alone,
than from the writings of all the other English
poets put together.
The "di&jecta nemtrG p0etn," which we
here present to the reader, do not, of course,
form the hundredth part Of the quotations from
| Shakespeare, which are in common use. They
are only the more trite and familiar ones which,
as we have already remarked, have almost
ceased TO beregarded as quotations at all. We
hold 1t TO be curiosity in literature, that Ian
i guage should be indebted for so many of its
automatic phrases to single writer and that
the words Of one uninspired individual, should
be echoed SO often from the lips Of millions.
ANALECTA.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
| MDre slEneH against than SHINING.
| 10 go UnWhpl OF Justice
More IN snrruW Than in anger
custom more honored i'll the breach than the OBJ
serv lnce
Something rotten in Denmark
Wcury, siae, tai and Improbable.
The times are out uI Joint.
There's method in his Madness
The ills that flesh is heir to.
A cOnsummaiu II dCyOully 10 be wished
To shuttle off this mortal coil.
The undiscovered country from whose bourne no
traveller returns
| Conscience makes towards of us all
| The ObSorV ed OF all observers.
d, TO tear passion To taiters.
| 10 tickle the ears of the grOundlinGs.
| To Out-ileiOd HerOd.
| To suit the action TO The word
Lay not the Aalering un ton to your soul.
| The engineer hOisled with his petard.
| 10 what base uses We may return.
The head and front OF my offending.
! Moving accidents by !iood aud field.
Most lame and lGPotcnt conclusion.
, 10 DO the State some service.
Nothing cxcnuate nor set down aught in malice.
Albeit ana cd to the melting mood,
j A rose by any other would smell sweet
Let Sip The dogs Of war.
None poor TO do him reverence.
The unkH'!est cut of all.
The Winter of our dlsCOntcnt.
J mary lions proper nan.
= TIE milk OF human kindness.
: ! CJIHpuncOus visitings OF nature.
!
70 screw ones courage 10 the sticking place.
y The snake is scoIched hot killed.
:; CabmCd. crlbbed and confined.
r TO make aSslraGCe dnubly
Fallen INTO the and yellow leaf.
Curses not loud but deep
l,l Applaud to the very echo
II Fun OF sound nnl fury signifying nothing.
i TO paIter III "a double sense.
| Though last not least
&c CoulH have better spared better man.
/ Discretion the better part OF vaior.
| Beggary account of empty boxes.
| The wish was father TO the thought.
y To flesh his maiden sword.
There needs no ghost to tell us that.
Il Under whIeh king Benzonlanf
i Tedious as a twice told tale
{, To gd refined gold. TO paint the lily.
!, TO burn daylight.
=, | The base.ess fabric of Ia vision.
Il Such stuff dreams made OF.
Trihes light as air
RS Jealousy a green-eyed monster.
70 Strong as proofs Of Holy writ.
- To murder sleep
le To play fantastic tricks before high heaven.
lie Dressed in little brief authority.
lr The Devil can quOle Scripture Tor his purpose
is Al that gliters is not gold.
- A second Daniel come TO judgment.
y have thee on the hIp.
OF | thank the Jew for teaching me that word.
ed Sweet are the uses of auVerslty.
ALI the worlds a stage.
Chewing the food OF sweet al bitter tancy
TO live and die in single blessedness.
To roar gently a sucking dove.
10 shoot madly from It's sphere
10 give 10 AIRY notAlns alocal haoila'lol uu aiiaih
or Comparisons are odlous.
)t-
mt GIVE US BALTIMORE all the cities of IL
ak Union. or this side Of the New Jerusalem, "
on prefer the city of Baltimore. Baltimore is Il
lis first city in the United States that was fir
al lighted with gas. 1t was the first city in Il
est Union that erected monument to Geort
le- Washington--the first to commence magnet
is telegraph-and the first city in the world III
Du- introduced and put in successful operation
ill passenger railroad. 1t is worthy OF motto
ull moreover, that Baltimore was the first city
cir which Know Nothingism originated, and the
on tho first ttdark lantern" was lighted up, u