Sense. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Sense


Yet, if he has sense but to balance a straw, He will sure take the hint from the picture I draw. Smollett.—A Song, Verse 4.	1
You are an annihilator of sense. Congreve.—The Way of the World, Act I. Scene 9.	2
For a long time past he could not converse in the language of common sense. Ask him a trivial question, he gave you a cramp answer out of some of his plays. Murphy.—The Apprentice, Act I.	3
Whatsoever contradicts my sense, I hate to see, and never can believe. Roscommon.—Horace’s Art of Poetry.	4
You cram these words into mine ears, against the stomach of my sense. Shakespeare.—The Tempest, Act II. Scene 1. (Alonzo to Gonzalo.)	5
Obscurely stiff, shall press poor sense to death, Or in long periods run her out of breath. Churchill.—The Candidate, Line 731.	6
The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense. Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act V. Scene 1. (The Prince to Horatio at the grave side.)	7