The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-02-25
Where Familiar Quotations Come From.


"There is death in the pot is from the Bible,
e Kings Iv. 400 .sLoyely and pleasant in their
lives, and in their death they are not divided, !" is
spoken of fSaul and Jonathan, G Samuel l. %.
ga man after his eye," (Deut. xix. 81 ga still
small voice, ''s(I Kings xix. l2) ESCAPED with
the skin of my teeth" dob xix. ~? THAT
mine adversary had written a book" Dob xix.
35.) .'Spreading himself like a green bay tree, I"
psalm xxxvi. 35.) "Hanged our harps upon the
willow psalm exxvii. 2.fe Riches certainly
make mot take. as it is often quoted) them
selves WINGS (Prov. xxiii. 50 "sEeap GOALS OF
thing under the sum- (Ecclesiastes j. 90 "Of
making many books there is no end" (Ibid. xii.
I2.) Peace, peace, Whensthere is no peace .
made famous by Patrick Henry, Jeremiah viii.
ID my name is Legion" MARX Y. 81 $50
kick against the pricks,' (Acts tx. o. .sAfakea
men Of Herona.) "All that g~litters is not gold,''
Merchant Of Venice) "Screw up your courage
to the sticking place. not point, (Mdc6ekh.)
SNAKE assurance doubly sure,r Qbid.1 . Hang
your banners on the outward walls" (Ibid.)
| it to our hope,'' Qbid.) ats an i'll wind turns
no good" (Thos. Tasser.) christmas comes
but once a year." (Ibid.j .sLook before you
leap" (Ibid.) .ont of mind as soon as out of
sight, (Lord Brooke) "What though the field
arise, or be forever fallen. dbid Necessity,
victories - Ibid1 s.Though-this may be pIayato
you. tbs death to u.s." (Roger l'Estrange, I704.)
IAN cry, and no WOOL" (Hudibras) "Count
their chickens ere they are Matched, - (Ibid.)
s.Through thick and thin" (DrydeD.) "When
Greeks JOIN Greeks, then was the tug of war;
(NathanieI Lee, 1922 &C two evils I have
chosen the least" CPrior.) HRichard is himself
again" Cooley Gibber.) Classic ground
(Addison.) ga good hater," (Johnson.) "My
name is Norval,' (John Hume, 1908 "Ask
me no questions, and, IN tell you no fbs.''
(Goldsmith.) tNot much the worse for wear
(Cowper.) "What will Mrs. Grundy say"
(Thos. Morton.1 N pent-up Utica contracts
our power Jonathan Seweli.) .Hath given
hostage to fortune, - Bacon : (God's) image
cut in ebony Thomas Fuller wise and
mastery inactivity (Aackintosh, in 1871,
though generally attributed to John Randolph.)
First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts
OF his fellow-citizens," mot "countryInen, y
RESOLUTIONS presented to the House of Represent
atives, Dec. 1890, prepared by Gen. Henry Lee.)
ute, tChas. C. Pickney. } ..Thealmighty dolhr,"
Washington Irving.) "As good as a play
king Charles when in Parliament attending the
of Lord Ross Divorce BILL 'tSelling
bargain - lis in LOUe's Labor LOST "Fast and
loose, $50 snacks, Pope's ("Prologue to Sat
Tres, y In the wrong box, ('sFox's Martyrs
''To lam, ;" in the sense of to beat, liking and
no king" by Beaumont and Fletcher. The hack
neyed newspaper Latin quotation, ''TenpOra Eat-
t0nfur et nos mutdalur in His, is not found in
any classic or Latin author. Tie nearest APP
proach to it was 81 Omnid nnutdntur &C., and
this is found in Borbonius, a German writer of
the middle ages. .'Smelling of the lamp " is to
be found in Plutarch, and is there attributed to
"A little bird told me . comes from
x. 90, ..For a bird of the air shall
larry the voice, and that which hath wings shall
the matter ~ H@EA 49, ~