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Calls"Come, Jo, it's time.""For what?""You don't mean to say you have forgotten that you promised to make half a dozen calls with me today?""I've done a good many rash and foolish things in…Brewer's: Dying Sayings
(real or traditional): ADAMS (President): “Independence for ever.” ADAMS (John Q. ): “It is the last of earth. I am content.” ADDISON: “See how a Christian dies,” or “See in what peace a…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Grecian camp. Before Agamemnon's tentSennet. Enter Agamemnon, Nestor, Ulysses, Menelaus, and othersAgamemnonPrinces, What grief hath set the jaundice on your cheeks? The ample…Little Men: Chapter 3 — Sunday
SundayThe moment the bell rang next morning Nat flew out of bed, and dressed himself with great satisfaction in the suit of clothes he found on the chair. They were not new, being half-worn…William Shakespeare: Othello, Act IV, Scene II
Scene IIA room in the castleEnter Othello and EmiliaOthelloYou have seen nothing then?EmiliaNor ever heard, nor ever did suspect.OthelloYes, you have seen Cassio and she together.EmiliaBut…John F. Kennedy (January 11, 1962)
Mr. Vice President, my old colleague from Massachusetts and your new Speaker, John McCormack, Members of the 87th Congress, ladies and gentlemen: This week we begin anew our joint and separate…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 2), Act III, Scene II
Scene IIGloucestershire. Before Shallow's houseEnter Shallow and Silence, meeting; Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bullcalf, a Servant or two with themShallowCome on, come on, come on, sir;…Huckleberries
HuckleberriesThere was a great clashing of tin pails, much running to and fro, and frequent demands for something to eat, one August afternoon, for the boys were going huckleberrying, and…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: C
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z C. C Ca Ira Caaba Cab Cabal Cabala Cabalist Cabalistic Caballero Cabbage…William Shakespeare: Love's Labor's Lost, Act V, Scene II
Scene IIThe sameEnter the Princess, Katharine, Rosaline, and MariaPrincessSweet hearts, we shall be rich ere we depart, If fairings come thus plentifully in: A lady wall'd about with diamonds…