We’ll leave a proof, by that which we will do,
Wives may be merry and yet honest too.

Shakespeare.—Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV.Scene 2.

Give me the ocular proof;—
Make me see’t; or, at the least, so prove it,
That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop,
To hang a doubt on.

Shakespeare.—Othello, Act III. Scene 3.

Prove it before these varlets here; thou honourable man, prove
it.

Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act II. Scene 1.

I will prove it before these sir, upon the oaths of judgment and
reason.

Shakespeare.—Twelfth Night, Act III. Scene 2.

PROPHESY.—I will prophesy.

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act II. Scene 2.

PROPHET.—No prophet is accepted in his own country.

St. Luke.—Chap. IV. Verse 24; St. Mark.—Chap. VI.Verse 4.

PROPHETIC.—O my prophetic soul! mine uncle!

Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 5.

PROPHETIC.— A gloom
In her dark eye, prophetic of the doom
Heaven gives its favourites—early death.

Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto IV. Stanza 102.


  By PanEris using Melati.

Previous chapter/page Back Home Email this Search Discuss Bookmark Next chapter
Copyright: All texts on Bibliomania are © Bibliomania.com Ltd, and may not be reproduced in any form without our written permission.
See our FAQ for more details.