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

Hangman

The sleeping hangman ties the fatal noose,
Nor unsuccessful waits for dead men’s shoes.
Swift.—On Dreams.

For obtaining suits: whereof
The hangman hath no lean wardrobe.
Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act I. Scene 2. (Falstaff to the Prince.)