I love everything that 's old,—old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.—Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer, act i.
[171:3] There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.—Montaigne: Of Cannibals, chap. xxx.
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THOMAS MIDDLETON. —— -1626.
As the case stands.[172:1]
The Old Law. Act ii. Sc. 1.
On his last legs.
The Old Law. Act v. Sc. 1.
Hold their noses to the grindstone.[172:2]