Chapter CALUMNY to CANTANKEROUS of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Shakespeare.—King Henry VI. Part I. Act II. Scene 4. (Plantagenet.)

And but he’s something stain’d
With grief, that’s beauty’s canker, thou might’st call him
A goodly person.

Shakespeare.—Tempest, Act I. Scene 2. (Prospero to Miranda.)

As killing as the canker to the rose.

Milton.—Lycidas, Line 45.

The canker galls the infants of the spring,
Too oft before their buttons be disclos’d.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 3. (Laertes.)

CANNONADE.—E’en the whole world, blockheads and men of letters,
Enjoy a cannonade upon their betters.

Dr. Walcot.—The Romish Priest, a Tale.

Many saints have been canonized who ought to have been cannonaded.

Colton.—Lacon; or, Many Things in a Few Words.

CANTANKEROUS.—Well, now, that’s mighty provoking! But I hope, Mr. Faulkland, as there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won’t be so cantanckerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.

Sheridan.—The Rivals, Act V. Scene 3.

[The same word will be found in “The Waterman,” by Dibdin, Act II. Scene 3.]