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

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Though the Camomill, the more it is trodden and pressed downe the more it spreadeth.[32:3]

Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 46.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 47.

I cast before the Moone.[32:4]

Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 78.

It seems to me (said she) that you are in some brown study.[32:5]

Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 80.

The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble;[32:6] many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.[32:7]

Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 81.