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

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Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast,

Ready with every nod to tumble down.

King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Even in the afternoon of her best days.

King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7.

Thou troublest me; I am not in the vein.

King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Their lips were four red roses on a stalk.

King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3.

The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom.