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

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Not unlike the bear which bringeth forth

In the end of thirty dayes a shapeless birth;

But after licking, it in shape she drawes,

And by degrees she fashions out the pawes,

The head, and neck, and finally doth bring

To a perfect beast that first deformed thing.[780:4]

First Week, First Day.

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What is well done is done soon enough.

First Week, First Day.