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Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Elephant

Th’ unwieldy elephant,
To make them mirth, us’d all his might, and wreathed
His lithe proboscis.
Milton—Paradise Lost. Bk. IV. L. 345.

The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure.
Troilus and Cressida. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 97.