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

Hiss

A dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn.
Milton.—Paradise Lost, Book X.

And scaly dragons hiss, and lions roar,
Where wisdom taught, and music charm’d before.
Lillo.—Fatal Curiosity, Act I. Scene 1.