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

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And damned, and truth stood up instead.

Count Gismond. xiii.

Over my head his arm he flung

Against the world.

Count Gismond. xix.

Just my vengeance complete,

The man sprang to his feet,

Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!

So, I was afraid!

Instans Tyrannus. vii.