Chapter WANT to WATCHMEN of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Shakespeare.—King Henry IV. Part II. Act IV. Scene 1. (Westmorland to the Archbishop.)

Horribly stuff’d with epithets of war.

Shakespeare,—Othello, Act I. Scene 1. (Iago to Roderigo.)

Like, or find fault; do as your pleasures are;
Now good, or bad, ’tis but the chance of war.

Shakespeare.—Troilus and Cress., Prologue.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble;
Honour, but an empty bubble;

Dryden.—Alexander’s Feast, Verse 5.

My voice is still for war.

Addison.—Cato, Act II. Scene 1.

Victuals and ammunition,
And money too, the sinews of the war,
Are stor’d up in the magazine.

Beaumont and Fletcher.—The Fair Maid of the Inn, Act I. Scene 2.

French General. Capitulation.
Palafox. War to the knife!

Penny Cyclo.—“Saragossa.”

1. War, war, my noble father!
2. Thus I fling it:
And fair-eyed peace, farewell!

Beaumont and Fletcher.—The Humorous Lieutenant, Act I. Scene 1.

War its thousands slays, peace its ten thousands.

Dr. Porteus.—Death, a Poem, Line 178.

WATCHMEN.—Our watch, sir, have, indeed, comprehended two aspicious persons, and we would have them this morning examined before your worship.

Shakespeare.—Much Ado about Nothing, Act III. Scene 5.

WATCHMEN.—Meddle with none but the prince’s subjects: you shall also make no noise in the streets; for, for the watch to babble and talk, is most tolerable and not to be endured.

shakspere.—Much Ado about Nothing, Act III. Scene 3. (Dogberry to Verges.)