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

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But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be;

Within that circle none durst walk but he.

The Tempest. Prologue.

I am as free as Nature first made man,

Ere the base laws of servitude began,

When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

The Conquest of Granada. Part i. Act i. Sc. 1.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong;

But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.[275:3]

The Conquest of Granada. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2.