I Loved a Lass; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 390.
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“And he that gives us in these days
New Lords may give us new laws.”
Contented Man’s Morrice; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“And I oft have heard defended,—
Little said is soonest mended.”
The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Shepherd's Resolution; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be?", Sir Walter Raleigh, Poem.
“Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.”
Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.”
Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Hang sorrow! care ’ll kill a cat", Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, Act i. Sc. 3.
“Though I am young, I scorn to flit
On the wings of borrowed wit.”
The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).