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

Smith

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,
With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news.
Shakespeare.—King John, Act IV. Scene 2. (Hubert to the King after Arthur’s death.)