Footnotes
[196:1] See Burton, page [192].
FRANCIS BEAUMONT. 1586-1616.
What things have we seen
Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been
So nimble and so full of subtile flame
As if that every one from whence they came
Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,
And resolved to live a fool the rest
Of his dull life.
Letter to Ben Jonson.
Here are sands, ignoble things,
Dropt from the ruined sides of kings.
On the Tombs of Westminster Abbey.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
The Faithful Friends. Act i. Sc. 2.
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BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
(Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.)
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.[197:1]
Philaster. Act v. Sc. 3.
Upon my burned body lie lightly, gentle earth.
The Maid's Tragedy. Act i. Sc. 2.
A soul as white as heaven.
The Maid's Tragedy. Act iv. Sc. 1.
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.[197:2]
The Maid's Tragedy. Act v. Sc. 1.
It shew'd discretion, the best part of valour.[197:3]
A King and No King. Act iv. Sc. 3.
There is a method in man's wickedness,—
It grows up by degrees.[197:4]
A King and No King. Act v. Sc. 4.
As cold as cucumbers.
Cupid's Revenge. Act i. Sc. 1.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.[197:5]
Four Plays in One: The Triumph of Honour. Sc. 1.
Kiss till the cow comes home.
Scornful Lady. Act iii. Sc. 1.
It would talk,—
Lord! how it talked![197:6]
Scornful Lady. Act v. Sc. 1.
Beggars must be no choosers.[197:7]
Scornful Lady. Act v. Sc. 3.
No better than you should be.[197:8]
The Coxcomb. Act iv. Sc. 3.
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From the crown of the head to the sole of the foot.[198:1]
The Honest Man's Fortune. Act ii. Sc. 2.
One foot in the grave.[198:2]
The Little French Lawyer. Act i. Sc. 1.
Go to grass.
The Little French Lawyer. Act iv. Sc. 7.
There is no jesting with edge tools.[198:3]
The Little French Lawyer. Act iv. Sc. 7.
Though I say it that should not say it.
Wit at Several Weapons. Act ii. Sc. 2.
I name no parties.[198:4]
Wit at Several Weapons. Act ii. Sc. 3.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.[198:5]
Wit Without Money. Act iv. Sc. 4.
Let the world slide.[198:6]
Wit Without Money. Act v. Sc. 2.
The fit 's upon me now!
Come quickly, gentle lady;
The fit 's upon me now.
Wit Without Money. Act v. Sc. 4.
He comes not in my books.[198:7]
The Widow. Act i. Sc. 1.
Death hath so many doors to let out life.[198:8]
The Customs of the Country. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love
Pity 's the straightest.[198:9]
The Knight of Malta. Act i. Sc. 1.
Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,—
To which I leave him.
The False One. Act ii. Sc. 1.
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Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.[199:1]
Love's Cure. Act ii. Sc. 2.
What 's one man's poison, signor,
Is another's meat or drink.[199:2]
Love's Cure. Act iii. Sc. 2.
Primrose, first-born child of Ver,
Merry springtime's harbinger.
The Two Noble Kinsmen. Act i. Sc. 1.
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people!
The Two Noble Kinsmen. Act v. Sc. 1.