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

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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils.

Isaiah ii. 22.

The stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.

Isaiah iii. 1.

Grind the faces of the poor.

Isaiah iii. 15.

Walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go.

Isaiah iii. 16.

In that day seven women shall take hold of one man.

Isaiah iv. 1.