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AMBITION-ANGELS.

AMBITION.-A hop and skip shall raise the son of a cobbler, well underlaid with pieces, to the government of a prince, till overmuch ambitious cutting wears him to his last. NABBES.-Microcosmus, Act II.

From servants hasting to be gods.

POLLOK.-The Course of Time, Book II.

AMEN.-Amen! responded my uncle Toby, laying his hand upon his heart.

AMONG.

STERNE.—Tristram Shandy, Vol. IX. Chap. 6.

I stood

Among them, but not of them.

BYRON.-Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 113. ANGEL.-" In a fortnight or three weeks," added my uncle Toby, smiling, "he might march." "He will never march, an' please your honour, in this world," said the corporal. "He will march," said my uncle Toby, rising up from the side of the bed, with one shoe off. "An' please your honour," said the corporal, "he will never march but to his grave." "He shall march," cried my uncle Toby, marching the foot which had a shoe on, though without advancing an inch; "he shall march to his regiment." "He cannot stand it," said the corporal. "He shall be supported," said my uncle Toby. "He'll drop at last," said the corporal, "and what will become of his boy?" "He shall not drop," said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-a-day! do what we can for him," said Trim, maintaining his point, "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G-!" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.

STERNE. Tristram Shandy, Vol. VI, Chap. VIII.

But sad as angels for the good man's sin,

Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

CAMPBELL.-Pleasures of Hope, Part II.

And thus, like to an angel o'er the dying

Who die in righteousness, she lean'd.

BYRON.-Don Juan, Canto II. Stanza 144.

O, the more angel she,

And you the blacker devil!

SHAKSPERE.-Othello, Act V. Scene 2.
(Emilia to Othello.)

ANGELS-ANTICIPATION.

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ANGELS.-Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act I. Scene 4.
(The Ghost scene.)

ANGER.-Why, look you, how you storm!
I would be friends with you, and have your love.

SHAKSPERE.-Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 3.
(Shylock to Antonio.)

In a troubled sea of passion toss'd.

MILTON.-Paradise Lost, Book X. Line 718.

Anger is like

A full-hot horse; who, being allow'd his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

SHAKSPERE.-King Henry VIII., Act I. Scene 1. (Norfolk to Buckingham.)

Made good guard for itself.

Never anger

SHAKSPERE.-Anthony and Cleopatra, Act IV.
Scene 1. (Mecenas to Cæsar.)

You shall see-I'll sweeten her, and she'll cool like a dish

of tea.

COLLEY CIBBER.-The Careless Husband, Act IV.
Scene 1.

And to be wroth with one we love

Doth work like madness in the brain.

COLERIDGE.-Christabel, Part II.

ANGUISH.-One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

SHAKSPERE.-Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 2.
(Benvolio to Romeo.)

ANNALS.-The short and simple annals of the poor.
GRAY.-Elegy, Verse 8.

ANNIHILATE.-Ye gods, annihilate but space and time,
And make two lovers happy.

POPE.-Martin Scriblerus, Chapter XI.

ANTICIPATION.-Well, Sir Anthony, since you desire it, we will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people, our retrospection will now be all to the future.

SHERIDAN. The Rivals, Act IV. Scene 2.

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APOTHECARY-APPENDIX.

APOTHECARY.-I do remember an apothecary,
And hereabouts he dwells.

SHAKSPERE.-Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene 1.
(To himself.)

APPAREL.-Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act I. Scene 3.
(Polonius to Laertes.)

Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit

BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.-Beggar's Bush,
Act II. Scene 3.

A loyal bosom in a garb uncouth.

PYE. Alfred, Book II. Line 558.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

SHAKSPERE.-Taming of the Shrew, Act IV.
Scene 3. (Petruchio to Catherine.)

Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear:
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.

SHAKSPERE.-King Lear, Act IV. Scene 6.
(Lear to Gloster.)

Marry, come up, sir, with your gentle blood!
Here's a red stream beneath this coarse blue doublet,
That warms the heart as kindly as if drawn

From the far source of old Assyrian kings.

SCOTT.-Fortunes of Nigel, Chapter XXXI.

Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan

The outward habit by the inward man.

SHAKSPERE.-Pericles, Act II. Scene 2.
(Simonides to the Lords.)

APPEAL. I appeal unto Cæsar.

ST. PAUL, answering for himself before Festus.
Acts of the Apostles, Chapter XXV. Verse 11.

APPENDIX.-A small appendix of mine.

FOOTE.-The Lame Lover, Act III.

APPETITE-ARM'D.

APPETITE.-Here's neither want of appetite nor mouths; Pray Heaven we be not scant of meat or mirth.

SCOTT.-Peveril of the Peak, Chapter III.

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Why, at this rate, a fellow that has but a groat in his pocket, may have a stomach capable of a ten-shilling ordinary. CONGREVE.-Love for LovE, Act II. Scene 7.

A stomach as sharp as a shark's; never was in finer condition for feeding.

FOOTE.-The Patron, Act 1.

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

SHAKSPERE.-Much Ado about Nothing, Act II.
Scene 3. (Benedick.)

APPLAUD.-I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again.

SHAKSPERE.-Macbeth, Act V. Scene 3.
(Macbeth to the Doctor.)

APPLAUSE.-The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

BOSWELL'S Johnson, 1780.

APPLES.-While tumbling down the turbid stream,
Lord love us! how we apples swim.

MALLET.-Tyburn.

APPLIANCES.-With all appliances and means to boot. SHAKSPERE.-King Henry IV. Part II. Act III. Seene I. (The King's Soliloquy to Sleep.)

APPROBATION.-Approbation from Sir Herbert Stanley, is praise indeed.

MORTON.-Cure for the Heart Ache, Act V.
Scene 2.

APPROVING.-One self-approving hour whole years out

weighs.

POPE.-Essay on Man, Epistle IV. Line 255.

ARGUE-In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For, e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still.
GOLDSMITH.-Deserted Village, Line 211.

ARM'D.-Arm'd at all points, exactly, cap-à-pé.
SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act I. Scene 2.
(Horatio to Hamlet.)

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ARROW-ASSURANCE.

ARROW.-I have shot mine arrow o'er the house,

And hurt my brother.

SHAKSPERE.

Hamlet, Act V. Scene 2.

(Hamlet to Laertes.)

ARROWS.-When bows were bent, and darts were thrawn;

For thrang scarce could they flee;

The darts clove arrows as they met,

The arrows dart the tree.

SIR JOHN BRUCE.-Hardyknute, 2 Percy
Reliques, 109.

In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft,
I shot his fellow of the self-same flight,

The self-same way, with more advised watch
To find the other; and, by adventuring both,
I oft found both.

SHAKSPERE.-Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 1.
(Bassanio to Antonio.)

ART. To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm, than all the gloss of art.

GOLDSMITH.-Deserted Village, Line 253.

And, even while Fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy?
GOLDSMITH.-Ibid., Line 263.

ASHES.-E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries,
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.

GRAY.-Elegy, Verse 23.
Reeve's Prol., Line 3380.

Our best remains are ashes and a shade.

CHAUCER.-The

FRANCIS.-Horace, Book IV. Ode 7.

ASS.-O, that he were here, to write me down, an ass!
O, that I had been writ down, an ass!

SHAKSPERE.-Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV.
Scene 2. (Dogberry.)

ASSEMBLY.-Is our whole dissembly appeared?
SHAKSPERE.-Ibid.

ASSURANCE.-I'll make assurance double sure,
And take a bond of fate.

SHAKSPERE.-Macbeth, Act IV. Scene 1.
(Macbeth and the Apparition.)

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