Chapter PERFECT to PINCH of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

PERFECT to PINCH

PERFECT.—I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and
be thou perfect.

Genesis, Chap.XVI. Verse 1. (God to Abram.)

And reach’d perfection in your first essay.

Sir Henry Blount.—To Dr. Garth, on the “Dispensary.”

PERILS.—Ah me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!

Butler.—Hudibras, Part I. Canto III. Line 1.

Ah me! what mighty perils wait
The man who meddles with a state.

Churchill.—The Duellist, Book III. Line 1.

PERISH.—Perish the lore that deadens young desire.

Beattie.—The Minstrel, Book I. Stanza 31.

PERJURY.—Shall I lay perjury upon my soul?
No, not for Venice.

Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Scene 1.

At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 2.

Sworn, on every slight pretence,
Till perjuries are common as bad pence;
While thousands, careless of the damning sin,
Kiss the book’s outside who ne’er look within.

Cowper.—Expostulation, Line 386.

PERSPECTIVE.—Like perspectives, which, rightly gazed
upon,
Shew nothing but confusion—ey’d awry,
Distinguish form.

Shakespeare.—King Richard II. Act II. Scene 2.

PERSUASION.—Persuasion hung upon thy lip,
And sly insinuation’s softer arts
In ambush lay about thy flowing tongue.

Blair.—The Grave, Line 302.

PERUSAL.—He falls to such perusal of my face
As he would draw it.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act II. Scene 1.

PHARMACY.—All that is required is to bleed the patients, and make them drink warm water. This is the secret of curing all the distempers incident to man.

Le Sage.—Gil Blas, Vol. I. Chap. III.

PHILIPPI.—I will see thee at Philippi then.

Shakespeare.—Julius Cæsar, Act IV. Scene 3.

PHILLIS.—Of herbs and other country messes,
Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.