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

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Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 1.

There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.

King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man?

King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it.

King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.

King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 7.