Chapter TENOR to THING of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

THEATRE.—As in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-grac’d actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious.

Shakespeare.—King Kichard II. Act V. Scene 2. (York to his Duchess.)

THICK.—Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa.

Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book I. Line 302. “Vallombrosa.” (A beautiful vale eighteen miles from Florence.)

Through perils both of wind and limb,
Through thick and thin she follow’d him.

Butler.—Hudibras, Part I. Canto II. Line 369.

THIEVERY.—Master be one of them;
It is an honourable kind of thievery.

Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV. Scene 1. (Speed to Valentine with the Outlaws.)

THING.—I had a thing to say;
But I will fit it with some better tune.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act III. Scene 3. (The King to Hubert.)

Thou thing of no bowels, thou!

Shakespeare.—Troilus and Cress. Act II. Scene 1. (Thersites to Ajax.)

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act III. Scene 2. (Macbeth contemplating the Murder of Banquo and his Son.)

All things that are,
Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d.

Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act II. Scene 6. (Gratiano to Salarino.)

THING.—A thing devised by the enemy.

Shakespeare.—King Richard III. Act V. Scene 3. (Richard to Norfolk, after perusing the Note found in his tent.)