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

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Is there no hope? the sick man said;

The silent doctor shook his head.

Fables. Part i. The Sick Man and the Angel.

While there is life there 's hope, he cried.[349:2]

Fables. Part i. The Sick Man and the Angel.

Those who in quarrels interpose

Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Fables. Part i. The Mastiffs.

That raven on yon left-hand oak

(Curse on his ill-betiding croak!)