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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Samuel Butler. (1612–1680) (continued)
 
2374
    Nor do I know what is become
Of him, more than the Pope of Rome.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 263.
2375
    I ’ll make the fur
Fly ’bout the ears of the old cur.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 277.
2376
    He had got a hurt
O’ the inside, of a deadlier sort.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 309.
2377
    These reasons made his mouth to water.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 379.
2378
    While the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new. 1
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 398.
2379
    With mortal crisis doth portend
My days to appropinque an end.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 589.
2380
    For those that run away and fly,
Take place at least o’ the enemy.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 609.
2381
    I am not now in fortune’s power:
He that is down can fall no lower. 2
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 877.
2382
    Cheer’d up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1011.
2383
    If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in honour’s truckle-bed.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1047.
2384
    When pious frauds and holy shifts
Are dispensations and gifts.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1145.
2385
    Friend Ralph, thou hast
Outrun the constable 3 at last.
          Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1367.
2386
    Some force whole regions, in despite
O’ geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after.
 
Note 1.
See Middleton, Quotation 11. [back]
Note 2.
He that is down needs fear no fall.—John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress, part ii. [back]
Note 3.
Outrun the constable.—Ray: Proverbs, 1670. [back]