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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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Envy the great, nor do the low despise.
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SHAKS.: _Pericles,_ Act ii., Sc. 3.

When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
793
_Lines used by John Ball in Wat Tyler's Rebellion._


=Gentleness.=

What would you have? Your gentleness shall force
More than your force move us to gentleness.
794
SHAKS.: _As You Like It,_ Act ii., Sc. 7.


=Ghosts.=

Avaunt! and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee!
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes,
Which thou dost glare with!
795
SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act iii., Sc. 4.

Many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves to-night;
They have driven sleep from mine eyes away.
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