Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-29

mere are many PHRASES anu i"o'"'io''
which are as familiar IN our mouths as
household wordS,' whose origin Is either
unknown or misconceived, and without en-
croaching upon the sphere OF the works de-
voted IT, this purpose, We may mention ie"
OF them:
There is death in the pot, )" is from the
Bible, > Kings ~ 10. "Loveiy and pleasant
in their lives. and in death they were not
divided" is spoken Of Saul and jonathan, :
Samuel %. a man alter his own heart, J"
l Samuel xiii H. The apple This eye"
Deut. xix2l. "A still small voice. Kings,
xix II. ESCAPED with the skin OF my
teeth" job xix 20. That mine adversary
had written book" Job xxi 50. Spread
ing himself like green bay tree" Psalm
xxxvii 50. Hanged our harps upon the
Willows" Psalm cxxxvll ,. "Rlches Ger
tainlv make quot tu;c, as it is often quoted
themselves wings" Proverbs, XIII o.
leap Goals OF ire upon his head," Ibid. ky
-. NO new thing under the sun, Eccie-
siastcS 9. "Ofmaking many books there is
40 end, bid. xii - Peace, peace when
there is no peace" (madc tumousb by Patrick
HENRY Jerelnirh viii IL. My name is
Lerinn," Mark '. 9. 10 kick against the
pricks." Acts ix ). make a virtue OF ne
cessity," ShakSpeare's Two Gentlemen of
Verona. AN that gltters is not gold,
usually quoted, All is not gold that gilt
ters," Merchant Of Venice, "Screw your
courage 10 the sticking pl@ce," lnot po'htl
niacbctn. Make assurance doubly sure"
ibid. Hang out Your banners OH the out
ward mot OUTER walls, Ibid. keep the
word Of promise to oUr mot M@l ear, but
break II 10 our ho1n,' iDIu.
Its an i'll wind turns none to good, uSu-
:Ily quoted, Its an i'll wind that blows no
one any good" Thomas Tasser, loSU.-
'.CuristmaS comes bat once Il year, Ibid
s.i.ouk, ere YOU leap" Ibid, and Look before
YOU, ere YOU leap llulibraS, commonly
quoted, Look, before you leap" 'Out OF
mind as soon Us out Of sight usually quo
ted. Out of sight, out Of mind" Lord
Brooke. What though the field be lost all
is not lost" Milton. Awake, arise, Or be
for ever fallen" Ibid. Necessity, the ~
rants plea" Ibid. That old man, eloquent
Ibid. Peace hath her victorieS,' Ibid
Through this may be play TO you, It's death
10 us" Roger L'Estrange, l104. All cry
and no wool mot little wool uudibraS.-
s.Count their chickens ere mot betore) they
they matched" bid. Through thick and
Thin" DRYDEN. when Greeks Joined
Greeks: Their was the tug of war, usually
qpotcd, when Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug OF war" Nathaniel Lee, 1862.
.'Of two evils, have chose the least, Prior.
"Richard is himself again, Colley Clbber
Classic ground" Addison. AS clear as Il
WHISTLE" Byron, 1863 A good Halter,
Johnsoniapa. A fellow feeling makes one
mot u.s. wondrouS kind My name IS
Norval,' John Home, 1903. Ask me no
questions and I'll tell you no ibis, Goldsmith.
.',ot mucn the worse for wear, mot none
the worse Cowper. "NhaC will Mrs.
Grundy say" Thomas Morton. No pent
mp / tica contracts your powers, Jonathan
NJ SewcN.
Hath gwen hostages Of fortune, Bacon.
His lTod's) mage cut i'll ebony" Thomas
Fuller wise and mastery inactivity,
N.ckintosh, in l79l, though generally AT
,ributed to Randolph. First III war, hrst
il peace, ant first in the hearts OF has fellow
citizens" (not cou'ttIymeH,) resolutions pre-
senteC to the House Of Representatives, Dec,
1889 Prepared by General Henry Lee
"MiIiouS for defence, but not one cent Tor
tribute" Charles c. Plnckney. The Al
mighty Dollar" Washington Irving. AS
good n a play" King Charles, when IN Par
Ii&ment, attending the discussion OF L'fu
&u-ss Divorce Bill. Selling bargain,
j., in Love Labor Lost. ''fa>t and loose,
Ibid. Pumpin q mon" Otteway,s Venice
Preserved. Go cnackS, Pope's prologue to
,uJires In the wrong box, Fox Martyrs
10 lamm" in the sense of to heal, King and
no KIM, by Beaumont and Fletcher The
Aackucyed newspaper Latin quotation. tenn
1lora mutautur, nos ct mutamur IN llllS, Is
not found in any classic or Latin author
The nearest approach to 1t was 'Omnla
1nutantur, etc, and this is found IN Bor-
Douius. Il German writer OF the middle ages.
'.SmeiljnS OF the lamp is 70 be found IN
pmtarcn, and is there attributed to PythIas.
~ little bird told me. GENES from Ecce>l;'s-
les. X. -. For Il bird If the air shall carry
the voice, aud that which hath wings shall
tell the matter
II, tina, fights and runs away,
May live 10 tight another day.
These lines, generally attributed the lad
5bras. are really much Older. They are to
Iu fi,,,ni i'm a book published in ltj6 The