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

[Both Horace and Virgil mention the game of hiding or bo-peep, as a favourite one with the girls of their day.—Riley. Supra, in notis.]

BOOTS.—Proteus. Nay, give me not the boots.
Valentine. No, I will not, for it boots thee not.

Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Scene 1.

BORN.—I was born, sir, when the crab was ascending, and all my affairs go backward.

Congreve.—Love for Love, Act II. Scene 1.

Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.

Foote.—The Author, Act II.

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred,
Promoted thence to deck her mistress’ head.

Byron.—A Sketch, Line 1.

Born not for ourselves, but for our friends,
Our country, and our glory.

Randolph.—The Muses’ Looking-glass, Act III. Scene 1.

Time, Place, and Action, may with pains be wrought,
But genius must be born; and never can be taught.

Dryden.—To Congreve, on the Double Dealer.

Born of one mother, in one happy mould,
Born at one burden in one happy morn.

Spenser.—Faerie Queen, Book IV. Canto II. Stanza 41.

BORROWED.—The borrow’d Majesty of England.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act I. Scene 1. (Chatillon to the King.)