Base. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

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

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Lewd fellows of the baser sort. Acts, Chapter xvii. Verse 5.	1
I saw them murd’ring in cold blood, Not the gentlemen, but wild and rude— The baser sort. Scott.—Waverley, Preface to Third Edition.	2
A base perjury man. Colman, Jun.—Heir-at-Law, Act IV. Scene 1.	3
1. And how does noble Chamont? 2. Never ill, man, until I hear of baseness, Then I sicken. Beaumont and Fletcher.—Nice Valour, Act I. Scene 1.	4
To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act V. Scene 1. (Hamlet to him.)	5
Base in kind, and born to be a slave. Cowper.—Table Talk, Line 28.	6