Chapter SMITH to SOLDIERS of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

SMITH to SOLDIERS

SMITH.—I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,
With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act IV. Scene 2. (Hubert to the King, after Arthur’s death.)

SMOOTH.—Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Shakespeare.—King Henry VI. Part II. Act III. Scene 1. (Suffolk to the King and Queen.)

SNAKE.—A needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along.

Pope.—On Criticism, Line 356.

We have scotch’d the snake, but not kill’d it.

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act III. Scene 2. (Macbeth to his Lady.)

SNEER.—There was a laughing devil in his sneer,
That rais’d emotions both of rage and fear.

Byron.—The Corsair, Canto I. Verse 9.

SNOW.—When snow the pasture sheets.

Shakespeare.—Antony and Cleo. Act I. Scene 4. (Cæsar to Antony.)

I thought her
As chaste as unsunn’d snow.

Shakespeare.—Cymbeline, Act II. Scene 5. (Posthumus.)

A snow of blossoms, and a wild of flowers.

Tickell.—Kensington Gardens.

SNOW-DROP.—The snow-drop, who in habit white and plain,
Comes on, the herald of fair Flora’s train.

Churchill.—Gotham, Book I.

SOLDIER.—Then, a soldier;
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.

Shakespeare.—As You Like it, Act II. Scene 7. (Jaques.)

That in the captain’s but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act II. Scene 2. (Isabella to Lucio.)

Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er,
Dream of fighting fields no more:
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.

Scott.—Lad of the Lake, Canto I. Stanza 31.

He is a soldier fit to stand by Cæsar,
And give direction.

Shakespeare—Othello, Act II. Scene 3. (Iago to Montano.)

SOLDIERS.—Soldiers are perfect devils in their way;
When once they’re raised, they’re cursed hard to lay.