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FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS,
4 Lat of e0cer sayings aud wItosirsis,id
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Frazcrs Magazine,
Many our common S,yings SO trllc abd
pithy, az, ufcd without the lc.p idca from
whose mOuihor pom they ti.s' afiglAai-
ed Probably the warkabi Shakespeare
furRish us with more og these familiar
mnNims than any other wtiicr. for st0
whom We owe "All is nal pcl,l that gilt
ten. "Nake virtue q neruesily,H "Sesew
your coufag, to the sticsng ilaco,F mot
paint "rhgy ldasl That wiz This
i the short aud loav Of ~ tqmpafi-
sons are odiuus" rs iarrry % the day
Is long, "a lhtniel rSlti' To- Judgment"
"Frailty, Thy name s Soman' and a
host of others, @
Washington Irving gave ns ffhr al
mighty dollar IAOmas Morton quer-
led lng ago What Nili sirs. GrundHy
say?" while Goldsmith answers, Ask me
no questions and III tell you no fibs
Charles G. Piuckncy gives millions for
dcfcIlse, hut not ont cent tor tribute
First in war, first IN pnace, and tirst IN
the hearts Of his Fellow i,isens' mot
countIymen). appeared la the resolutions
presented 20 the Autsc Of Representa-
tiyes in December 1879. prepued by
Gen Henry I.ee
Make assurance duuhly sure" "Christ
mas comes but once q year, Count their
chickens ere they are Matched, and
elo0h before yon leap
Thomas raB.cr writer Ut the six
eenth century, give us Its an i'll will
urns no gool,h Better late than new
pr. Look ere thou leap" and The
stone that Is rolling gathers no moss "
"All cry and 40 wool y f5nai in But
ler's "Hudibras"
Dryden says "None hit the brave de-
vethe Etir,n "Aion arG a children OF q
growth" and Through thick aud tbin,'
NO pent-up Utica contracts Onr pcNar,'
declared jonathan seWcll
"When Greek Join Greek, taeh comes
the tug OF war; Nathaniel Lee, 1902.
"Of two evils have chosen the least, /"
and "the end must Justify the means
are from Matthew Prior. We efc in.
debted TO Collier Cibher for the agreeable
intelligence that Richard Is himself
again. johnson tells rs OF "a good hat
er," and Macintosh in 1861, the phrase
often attributed 20 John Randolph, Wise
aad W,asterly ii,actigityp
"Narietys the very spice " iite,h ard
"No, much the worse for wear" Cowper
'sAlan proposes, but God ,lisposes," Thorn
rs q kempis.
Christopher Mailowe gave forth the
invitation 80 often repeated by his broth
or in less public way. "Lovc me little
love me long, Edward Cook was OF
the opinion that "A mans house was his
castle" To Milton We owe "a paradise OF
fools" "a wilderness of sweets" and
"Moping melln holy aud noons,rnck
madness"
Edward Young tells us: death, loves
shining mnrk," A fool at forty is O
fool indeed" but alas for his knowledge
Of human nature when he tells MS MAN
wants but little and that little long
From Bacon comes knowledge Is
power aud Thomas Southetne remind,
ns that "Pitv's AKIN 10 love- Deau
swift thought that "Bread Is the staff o
life.n Campbell fonud that Coming
events cast their shadowa before anc
"Tis distance lends enchaniment to.the
view" A thing OF DeGuty Is q ioy forey
cr," IL from Keats. Franklin said God
helps them who helps themselyes,n ans
Lawrence Sierne comforts us with ia,
thought '(iodilelnpers the wind 10 III,
shorn lambH
Even some ofthe slang Phrases o
the day have legitimate origin. "put
ting your foot IN ita Is certainly but
very elegant mode OF expression; not ac
cording TO the "Asiatic RcSearches,f il Is
quite a fine point OF law; when the till,
10 land IL disputed in Hindostan, tw,
holes aie dug in the ground and USED ,,
cncase limb bof each lawycrf?) aud ia,
one who tires FIRST loses his clients case
Fancy, ifyou can, some oi our fainou
limbs OF the law" pleading in such
mannerl II II generally the client VIII,
). puts his foot In Il - n
When things are In disorder they ar
oaen said 10 be turned topsy-tuIyy; thi
expression Is derived from the way Il
which turf used for fuel is placed 10 dry
the turf being turned downward; and th