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

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The Beggar's Opera. Act i. Sc. 1.

Over the hills and far away.[348:2]

The Beggar's Opera. Act i. Sc. 1.

If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares,

The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 1.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong.

The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.