William Shakespeare
Published: 2018-01-23
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Excerpt from A Hand-Book of Reference and Quotations: Mottoes and Aphorisms From Shakspeare; Arranged Alphabetically, With a Copious Index of Words and Ideas These works have generally comprised whole scenes, or lengthened passages, illustrating the dra matic power of shakspeare afid the present is the first attempt to render his wit and wisdom practically available in supplying brief quotations applicable to the ordinary affairs of life. Brevity is the object chiefly sought by the present collection of T we T nonsand Seven Hundred mot toes and aphorisms and facility in the use of them has, it is hoped, been attained by an index comprising nearly Nz'ne T neusand References to the infinitely varied words and ideas of the Mottoes. To the Shakspearean student these short phrases, full of emphasis and power, abounding in Christian feeling and worldly wisdom, and sparkling with poetry and humour, will, it is believed, be acceptable in their collected form. The Mottoes are printed from the text of Mr. Charles Knight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.