Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Footnotes

[296:1] See Sir Thomas Browne, page [219].

[296:2] See Shakespeare, page [92].

[296:3] See Shakespeare, page [98].

[296:4] See Congreve, page [294].

[297:1] See Swift, page [292].

[297:2] A parody on Pope's lines:—

Graced as thou art with all the power of words,

So known, so honoured at the House of Lords.

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SIR RICHARD STEELE.  1671-1729.

Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.[297:3]

Tatler. No. 49.

Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.

Spectator. No. 266.