Nothing. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

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When I told you My state was nothing, I should then have told you That I was worse than nothing. Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act III. Scene 2. (Bassanio to Portia.)	1
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing. Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 1. (Bassanio to Antonio.)	2
Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace? Dr. Young.—Love of Fame, Sat. IV. Line 85.	3
Nothing! thou elder brother e’en to shade. Rochester.—Poem on Nothing.	4
He answered nothing. St. Matthew, Chap. xxvii. Ver. 12.	5
O mighty nothing! unto thee, Nothing, we owe all things that be; God spake once when he all things made, He saved all when he nothing said, The world was made of nothing then; ’Tis made by nothing now again. Crashaw.—Steps to the Temple.	6
Nothing but a night not to be seen, Was seen by us. Habington.—The Queen of Arragon, Act V. Scene 1.	7
The covering sky is nothing; Bohemia nothing; My wife is nothing; nor nothing have these nothings, If this be nothing. Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act I. Scene 2. (Leontes to Camillo.)	8
Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it. Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act I. Scene 4. (Malcolm to Duncan.)	9
Thus synods oft concern for faith conceal, And for important nothings shew a zeal. Garth.—Dispensary, Canto I. Line 71.	10
Who nothing has to lose, the war bewails; And he who nothing pays, at taxes rails. Congreve.—Poem on Pleasing.	11