His silver hairs
Will purchase us a good opinion,
And buy men's voices to commend our deeds;
It shall be said—his judgment ruled our hands.
Julius Cæsar, Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.
King Lear, Act i. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop
Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease
Gathered, not harshly plucked for death mature.
Paradise Lost, Bk. XI. MILTON.
AIR.
DUNCAN. This castle hath a pleasant seat: the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.
BANQUO…. The heaven's breath
Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle:
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.
Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 6. SHAKESPEARE.
Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs
Whispered it to the woods, and from their wings
Flung rose, flung odors from the spicy shrub.
Paradise Lost, Bk. VIII. MILTON.
HAMLET. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.
HORATIO. It is a nipping and an 'eager air.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
The parching air
Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
Paradise Lost, Bk. II. MILTON.