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

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[91:1] Act iii. Sc. 6 in Dyce.

[92:1] With clink of hammers closing rivets up.—Cibber: Richard III. Altered, act v. sc. 3.

[92:2] "In their mouths" in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White.

[93:1] All delays are dangerous in war.—Dryden: Tyrannic Love, act i. sc. 1.

[93:2] Have a care o' th' main chance.—Butler: Hudibras, part ii. canto ii.

Be careful still of the main chance.—Dryden: Persius, satire vi.

[93:3] See Raleigh, page [25]; Lyly, page [33].

[94:1] See Marlowe, page [40].

[96:1] For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.—Pope: Essay on Criticism, part iii. line 66.

[96:2] "Stolen forth" in White and Knight.