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THREAD to TIME THREAD.He draweth out the thread of his verbosity, finer than the staple of his argument. Shakespeare.Loves Labours Lost, Act V. Scene 1. (Holofernes to Sir Nathaniel.) THREATS.He threatens many that hath injured one. Ben Jonson.Sejanus, Act II. Scene 4. Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Shakespeare.King John, Act V. Scene 1. (The Bastard to the King.) There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; Shakespeare.Julius Cæsar, Act IV. Scene 3. (Brutus to Cassius.) THRICE.Thy shaft flew thrice; and thrice my peace was slain. Young.Night I. Line 213. THRICE.Thrice is he armd that hath his quarrel just; Shakespeare.King Henry VI. Part II. Act III. Scene 2. (The King, after Suffolk and Warwick quarrel and leave him.) Thrice the brinded cat hath mewd. Shakespeare.Macbeth, Act IV. Scene 1. (The First Witch.) THROUGH.Through thick and thin, through Spenser.Fairy Queen, Book III. Canto 4. TIDE.There is a tide in the affairs of men, Shakespeare.Julius Cæsar, Act IV. Scene 3. (Brutus to Cassius just before the battle at Philippi.) In haste alights and scuds away, Somerville.The Scented Miser. Nae man can tether time or tide; Burns.Tam OShanter. There is an hour in fortune Beaumont and Fletcher.The Little French Lawyer, Act II. Scene 3. TIDINGS.Prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy tidings. Shakespeare.As You Like it, Act III. Scene 2. TIME.Theres a time for all things. |
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