Chapter DAFFODILS to DARED of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

DAN.—I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, `Tis all barren.

Sterne.—Sentimental Journey. (In the street, Calais.)

DANIEL.—A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!

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

A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew!

Shakespeare.—Ibid. (Shylock to Portia.)

DARE.—Prithee, peace:
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more, is none.

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act I. Scene 7. (To his Lady.)

What man dare, I dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
The arm’d rhinoceros, or the Hircan tiger,
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble.

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act III. Scene 4. (To the Ghost of Banquo.)

DARED.—What? am I dar’d and bearded to my face?

Shakespeare.—King Henry VI. Part I. Act I. Scene 3. (Gloster to Winchester.)

And dar’st thou then
To beard the lion in his den,
The Douglas in his hall?

Scott.—Marmion, Canto VI. Stanza 14.

DARED.—Determined, dared, and done.

Smart.—Song to David, Verse 86.