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

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

Feet


How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings. Isaiah, Chap. lii. Ver. 7.	1
Whose feet they hurt in the stocks: the iron entered into his soul. Psalm cv. Ver. 18.	2
I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh; I saw the iron enter into his soul. Sterne.—Sent. Journey: The Captive.	3
Who of you, then, would announce to those within the wished-for presence of our common feet. Sophocles.—Trans. by Buckley. (Electra.)	4
O thou that hast the most welcome service of the feet. Sophocles.—Trans. by Buckley.	5
Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear’d the light; But oh! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight. Sir John Suckling.—A Ballad upon a Wedding. Verse 8.	6
And the prettiest foot; Oh if a man could but fasten his eyes to her feet as they steal in and out, and play at bo-peep under her petticoats, Ah! Mr. Trapland? Congreve.—Love for Love, Act I. Scene 5. Valentine to Trapland. (Suckling died before Congreve was born.)	7
Her pretty feet like snails do creep A little out, and then, As if they played at bo-peep, Did soon draw in again. Herrick.—The Hesperides, Amatory Odes, No. 207.	8