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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Fashion |
| Squinting upon the lustre Of the rich Rings which on his fingers glistre; And, snuffing with a wrythed nose the Amber, The Musk and Civet that perfum’d the chamber. Du Bartas—Divine Weekes and Workes. Second Week. Third Day. Pt. III. | 1 |
| Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow’d; yet we know That what was worn some twenty years ago Comes into grace again. Beaumont and Fletcher—Prologue to the Noble Gentleman. L. 4. | 2 |
| He is only fantastical that is not in fashion. Burton—Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. III. Sec. II. Memb. 2. Subsect. 3. | 3 |
| And as the French we conquer’d once, Now give us laws for pantaloons, The length of breeches and the gathers, Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers. Butler—Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto III. L. 923. | 4 |
| Fashion—a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse. Churchill—Rosciad. L. 455. | 5 |
| As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion. Colley Cibber—Love’s Last Shift. Act II. | 6 |
| The fashion of this world passeth away. I Corinthians. VII. 31. | 7 |
| The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observ’d of all observers. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 161. | 8 |
| Their clothes are after such a pagan cut too, That, sure, they’ve worn out Christendom. Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 14. | 9 |
| You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments. King Lear. Act III. Sc. 6. L. 83. | 10 |
| I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man. Much Ado About Nothing. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 148. | 11 |
| I’ll be at charges for a looking-glass, And entertain some score or two of tailors, To study fashions to adorn my body: Since I am crept in favour with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost. Richard III. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 256. | 12 |
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