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

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Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,—

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.

The ripest fruit first falls.

King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.

King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 3.

Eating the bitter bread of banishment.

King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 1.