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

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

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Know’st thou the land where bloom the orange bowers, Where through dark foliage gleam the citron’s dyes? Mrs. Hemans.—The Last Constantine, Stanza 59.	1
Know’st thou the land where bloom the citron bow’rs, Where the gold-orange lights the dusky grove? Mrs. Hemans.—Mignon’s Song, Page 547.	2
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime; Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime? Byron.—Bride of Abydos, Canto I. Verse 1.	3
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. II.	4
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act IV. Scene 5. (Ophelia to the King.) Davenant.—The Philosopher and Lover ante Ignorance.	5