Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-14
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.


tations which are as "familiar in
orr mouths as household words"
whose origin is either unknown or
misconceiyed, and without encroach-
irg upon the sphere of the works
devoted to this purpose, we may
mention a few of them:
"There is death in the pot" is
from the Bible, 2 Kings w., 40.
Lovely and pleasant in their lives,
and in death they we're not divided"
is spoken of Saul and Jonathan, 2
Samuel j, 23. A man after his own
heart" Samuel xiii, Is. "The
apple Of his eye" Dent. xix, 81,
ga still small yoice," l Kings, xix,
IL. Escaped with the skin of my
teeth" Job xix, 20. THAT mine
adversary had written a book" job
xxi, 35. Spreading himself like
a green bay tree" Psalm xxxvii, 35.,
changed our harps upon the will
lows" Psalm cxxxvii., 2. "Riches
certainly make (not take, as is often
quoted) themselves wings" Pro
verbs xiii, 5. "Heap Goals of fire
upon his head" Ibid. XIV, 22.
"No new thing under the sun,
Ecclesiastes l., 81 "0f making many
books there is no end" Ibid. xii,
IL. "Peace, peace, when there is
no peace" (made famous by Patrick
Henry jeremiah viii, II. "My
name is Legion" Mark ", 8. "To
kick against the pricks," Acts ix..
5. "Make a virtue Of ne
csssity," Shakspeare's Two Gen
tlemen of Verona. "All that
glitters is not gold," usually
quoted, "All is not gold that gilt.
ters," Merchant of Venice. "Screw
your courage to the sticking place.
(not poiat), Macbeth. Make as.
surance doubly sure" Macbeth,
"Hang your banners on the out
ward (not outer) walls,' Ibid
"Kcep the word of promise to ou'
| mot Me) ear, but break it to oul
hope" Ibid. cit is an i'll wind
that turns none to good" usu.
ally quoted, "Its an i'll WIND
that blows no one any good, y
Thomas Tasser, 1880. "Ohrist
mas comes but once a year." Ibid
Look, ere you leap" Ibid; anG
Look before you, ere you leap
Hudibras, commonly quoted
Look before You leap" "0ut
of mind, as soon as out of sight,
usually quoted, "Out of sight, out
of mind" Lord Brooke. 4" Wha
though the field be lost, all is no
lost" Milton. Awake, arise, o.
be forever fallen" Ibid. "Neces
sity the tyrant's plea" Ibid. "Tha
old man eloquent" Ibid. "Peact
hath her victories" Ibid. "Thougl
this may be play to you, tits deatl
to u.s." Roger DEstrange, 1904
"All cry and no wool" mot httl
wool, HudibraS. "Count thei
chickens ere (not before) they
hatched,' Ibid. "Through thiol
and thin," Dryden. "When Greek
joined Greeks, then was the tug o
, war;" usually quoted, "Whei
Greek meets Greek, then comes tn,
tug of war;" Nathaniel Lee
. 1892. "Of two evils, l hav
chose the least" Prior. erich
ard is himself again." Colley Glib
Der. "Classic ground" Addison
"Upper.ten thousand" N. P. vii
i. lis. GAS clear as a whistle" Byron
1853. GA good hater," Johnsoni
5 ana. GA fellow feeling makes on
. mot US) wondrous kind, Burns
! "My name is Noryal," John Home
J 1908. "Ask me no questions, an,
3 III tell you no fbs," Goldsmith
h " Not much the worse for wear
s mot none the worse)," Cowpel
: "What will Mrs. Grunday say,
Thomas Morton. No pent u
/, u tica contracts your powers" Jon
I athan M. LEVEL. "Hath give
hostages to fortune" Bacon. "Hi
Gods image cut in ebony" Tho
: Fuller. "Wise and masterly ina,
= tivity," Mackintosh,in 1871, thoug
3 generally attributed to Randolph
"Firstin war, first in peace, and fir
in the hearts Of his fellow-citizen
/, (not countrymea"), resolutions pr