Chapter MATTER to MELROSE of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

MATTER to MELROSE

MATTER.—I’ll read you matter deep and dangerous.

Shakespeare.—King Henry IV. Part I. Act I. Scene 3.

A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes, Chap. X. Verse 20. 1. What’s the matter, Furnish? 2. Nothing, sir; nothing’s the matter.

Murphy.—The Way to Keep Him, Act II. Scene 1.

What’s the matter?
Why, murder’s the matter! Slaughter’s the matter!
Killing’s the matter!—But he can tell you the perpendiculars.

Sheridan.—The Rivals, Act V. Scene 1.

Why, how you stand, girl! you have no more feeling than one of the Derbyshire putrefactions.

Sheridan.—The Rivals, Act V. Scene 1.

MEANT.—Of forests and enchantments drear,
Where more is meant than meets the ear.

Milton.—Il Penseroso, Line 120.

MEASURE—Come not within the measure of my wrath.

Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V. Scene 4.

MEASURES.—Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

Goldsmith.—The Good-Natured Man, Act II. (Lofty to Mrs. Croaker.)

MEDDLE.—I’ll not meddle nor make no farther.

Shakespeare.—Troilus and Cress. Act I. Scene 1.

MEEK.—They can be meek that have no other cause.

Shakespeare.—Com. of Errors, Act II. Scene 1.

The flower of meekness on a stem of grace.

James Montgomery.—The World before the Flood, Canto II.

MEET.—When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act I. Scene 1.

MELANCHOLY.—I am as melancholy as a gib cat.

Shakespeare.—King Henry IV. Part I. Act I. Scene 2.

As melancholy as an unbraced drum.

Mrs. Centlivre.—The Wonder, Act II. Scene 1.

Now, my young guest! methinks you are allycholly; I pray you, why is it?

Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV. Scene 2. (The Host to Julia in Boy’s clothes.)