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

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Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,

The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger,—

Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves

Shall never tremble.

Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Hence, horrible shadow!

Unreal mockery, hence!

Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.

You have displac'd the mirth, broke the good meeting,

With most admir'd disorder.