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

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Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim,

Hound or spaniel, brach or lym,

Or bobtail tike or trundle-tail.

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 6.

I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.

King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 7.

The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune.

King Lear. Act iv. Sc. 1.

The worst is not

So long as we can say, "This is the worst."