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

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His angle-rod made of a sturdy oak;

His line, a cable which in storms ne'er broke;

His hook he baited with a dragon's tail,—

And sat upon a rock, and bobb'd for whale.

William King (1663-1712): Upon a Giant's Angling (In Chalmers's "British Poets" ascribed to King.)

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SIR THOMAS BROWNE.  1605-1682.

Too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Religio Medici. Part i. Sect. vi.

Rich with the spoils of Nature.[217:3]