Chapter OFFEND to OPINION of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

An old man, broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye;
Give him a little earth for charity!

Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII. Act IV. Scene 2. (Griffith on Wolsey’s death.)

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty:
For in my youth I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood.

Shakespeare.—As You Like it, Act II. Scene 3. (Adam to Orlando.)

ONE.—One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

Shakespeare.—Troilus and Cressida, Act III. Scene 3.

I have been reasoning all my life, and find, that all argument will vanish before one touch of nature.

Colman.—The Poor Gentleman, Act V. Scene 1.

One hand the pen, and one the sword employ’d.

Camoens.—The Lusiad, Book VII. near the end.

Whilst his sword is in his hand, his pen must be in his cockade: he must be as expert at fractions as at assaults.

Mrs. Cowley.—Who’s the Dupe? Act I. Scene 1.

OPINION.—Opinion! which on crutches walks,
And sounds the words another talks.

Lloyd.—The Poet, Line 55.

Fish not with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.

Shakespeare.—The Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 1.

Pray, sir, what’s your opinion of affairs in general?

Kenney.—Raising the Wind, Act I. Scene 1.