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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
1150
    He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
          King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.
1151
    Yet in bestowing, madam,
He was most princely.
          King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.
1152
    After my death I wish no other herald,
No other speaker of my living actions,
To keep mine honour from corruption,
But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
          King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.
1153
    To dance attendance on their lordships’ pleasures.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 2.
1154
    ’T is a cruelty
To load a falling man.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 1
1155
    You were ever good at sudden commendations.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 2
1156
    I come not
To hear such flattery now, and in my presence.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 3
1157
    They are too thin and bare to hide offences.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 4
1158
    Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 5
1159
    Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine,
His honour and the greatness of his name
Shall be, and make new nations.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.
1160
    A most unspotted lily shall she pass
To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her.
          King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.
1161
    I have had my labour for my travail. 6
          Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 2.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 3.
Act v. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 4.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 5.
Act v. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]
Note 6.
Labour for his pains.—Edward Moore: The Boy and his Rainbow.

Labour for their pains.—Cervantes: Don Quixote. The Author’s Preface. [back]