| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocotts Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. | | | | Ills |
| | Mark what ills the scholars life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. Dr. Johnson.Vanity of Human Wishes, Line 159. | 1 |
What ills from beauty spring. Dr. Johnson.Vanity of Human Wishes, Line 321. | 2 |
Those ills that wait on all below, Shall neer be felt by me; Or gently felt, and only so, As being shared with thee. Cowper.The Doves, Verse 5. | 3 |
And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of. Shakespeare.Hamlet, Act III. Scene 1. (In his famous Soliloquy.) | 4 |
Keep what youve got; the evil that we know is the best. Rileys Plautus, Volume I., The Trinummus, Act I. Scene 2. | 5 |
Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course, And they who banish one, oft gain a worse. Dryden.Tarquin and Tullia. | 6 | | |
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