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

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King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.

The green mantle of the standing pool.

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.

But mice and rats, and such small deer,

Have been Tom's food for seven long year.

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.[147:1]

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Poor Tom 's a-cold.

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.