Chapter TALK to TANGLED of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

TALK to TANGLED

TALK.—Then he will talk—ye gods, how he will talk!

Lee.—Alexander the Great, Act I. Scene 3.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.

Dryden.—Absalom and Ahithophel, Part I. Line 533.

Consider, I’m a peer of the realm, and I shall die if I don’t talk.

Reynolds.—The Dramatist, Act II. Scene 2.

Talkers are no good doers.

Shakespeare.—King Richard III. Act I. Scene 3. (A Murderer to Richard.)

Be check’d for silence,
But never tax’d for speech.

Shakespeare.—All’s Well that Ends Well, Act I. Scene 1. (Countess Rousillon to Bertram.)

If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;
I had it from my father.

Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII. Act I. Scene 4. (Lord Sands to Anne Bullen and another Lady.)

I’ll talk a word with this same learned Theban:—
What is your study?

Shakespeare.—King Lear, Act III. Scene 4. (The King to Kent.)

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson.—Discoveries.

TALL.—As some tall tower.

Young.—Night II. Line 683.

As some tall cliff.

Goldsmith.—Deserted Village, Line 189.

He’s of stature somewhat low:
Your hero should be always tall, you know.

Churchill.—The Rosciad, Line 1029.

The varlet’s tall man, afore heaven!

Ben Jonson.—Every Man in his Humour, Act IV. Scene 9.

TANGLED.—O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Scott.—Marmion, Canto VI. Verse 17.