Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Prayer-Book
Get a prayer-book in your hand,
And stand between two churchmen.
Shakespeare.—King Richard III., Act III. Scene 7. (Buckingham to Richard.)
1.See, where his grace stands ’tween two clergymen!
2.And, see, a book of prayer in his hand!
True ornaments to know a holy man.
Shakespeare.—King Richard III., Act III. Scene 7. (The Mayor and Buckingham.)
Like one in prayer I stood.
Longfellow.—Prelude to Voices of the Night, xi.