Chapter BOND to BORROWED of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

BOND to BORROWED

BOND.—I’ll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak;
I’ll have my bond; and therefore speak no more.

Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act III. Scene 3.

All bond and privilege of nature break.

Shakespeare.—Coriolanus, Act V. Scene 3. (The General to Virginia and others.)

BONDSMEN.—Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow?

Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto II. Stanza 76.

BONFIRES.—1. The news, Rogero?
2. Nothing but bonfires.

Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act V. Scene 2. (One Gentleman to another.)

BOOK.—’Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print;
A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in ’t.

Byron.—English Bards, Line 51.

Not twice a twelvemonth, you appear in print,
And when it comes, the court see nothing in ’t.

Pope.—Epilo. to Sat. Dialogue I. Line 1.

She’s a book
To be with care perus’d.

Beaumont and Fletcher.—The Lover’s Progress, Act V. Scene 3.

BOOKS.—Here, in the country, my books are my sole occupation; books my sure solace, and refuge from frivolous cares. Books, the calmers, as well as the instruction of the mind.

Mrs. Inchbald.—To Marry or not to Marry, Act II. Scene 2.

Come, my best friends, my books! and lead me on.

Cowley.—The Motto, Line 25.

Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book.

Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour Lost, Act IV. Scene 2.

Books, dear books,
Have been, and are, my comforts; morn and night,
Adversity, prosperity, at home,
Abroad, health, sickness—good or ill report,
The same firm friends; the same refreshment rich,
And source of consolation.

Dr. Dodd.—Thoughts in Prison, Third Week.

BOOKS.—Shall we not believe books in print?

Beaumont and Fletcher.—The Night Walker, Act III. Scene 4.

Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Crabbe.—The Borough, Letter 24.

BO-PEEP.—Where are you? I’ troth she’s in love with me, as I fancy; the roguish one’s playing bo-peep.

Riley’s Plautus.—The Rudens, Vol. II. Act II. Scene 7.