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===''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations''=== |
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:<small>Quotes reported in ''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations'' (1922), p. ___.</small> |
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Mouse |
Mouse |
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I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek. |
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek. |
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That hath but oon hole for to sterte to. |
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to. |
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** [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath, line 572. |
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
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** [[George Herbert]], ''[[w:Jacula Prundentum|Jacula Prudentum]]''. Plautus—Trunculentus. IV. |
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* It had need to bee |
* It had need to bee |
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A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
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** [[John Heywood]], Proverbs, Part II, Chapter V. |
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** Heywood—Proverbs. Pt. II. Ch. V. |
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"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she, |
"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she, |
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When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it. |
When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it. |
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** Pliny the |
** [[Pliny the Elder]], Natural History, Book VIII. Sec. CIII. |
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The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, |
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, |
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Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
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** [[Alexander Pope]], The Wife of Bath. Her Prologue, line 298. |
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The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge |
The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge |
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From rascals worse than they. |
From rascals worse than they. |
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** Coriolanus |
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''Coriolanus'', Act I, scene 6, line 44. |
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Revision as of 16:20, 24 April 2011
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. ___.
Mouse
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek. That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath, line 572.
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
- George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum. Plautus—Trunculentus. IV.
- It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare.
- John Heywood, Proverbs, Part II, Chapter V.
"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she,
"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew
Enamoured of a sainted privacy;
To all terrestrial things he bade adieu,
And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man, A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan."
- Lorenzo Pignotti—The Mouse Turned Hermit.
When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it.
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History, Book VIII. Sec. CIII.
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, Can never be a mouse of any soul.
- Alexander Pope, The Wife of Bath. Her Prologue, line 298.
The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they.
- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act I, scene 6, line 44.