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

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[197:8] She is no better than she should be.—Fielding: The Temple Beau, act iv. sc. 3.

[198:1] See Shakespeare, page [51].

[198:2] An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.—Plutarch: On the Training of Children.

[198:3] It is no jesting with edge tools.—The True Tragedy of Richard III. (1594.)

[198:4] The use of "party" in the sense of "person" occurs in the Book of Common Prayer, More's "Utopia," Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Fuller, and other old English writers.

[198:5] Whistle, and I'll come to ye.—Burns: Whistle, etc.

[198:6] See Shakespeare, page [72].

[198:7] See Shakespeare, page [50].

[198:8] See Webster, page [180].

[198:9] Pity 's akin to love.—Southerne: Oroonoka, act ii. sc. 1.