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"As the case stands."
Thomas Middleton / The Old Law. Act ii. Sc. 1.
The Old Law. Act ii. Sc. 1.
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"On his last legs."
Thomas Middleton / The Old Law. Act v. Sc. 1.
The Old Law. Act v. Sc. 1.
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"Hold their noses to the grindstone."
Thomas Middleton / Blurt, Master-Constable. Act iii. Sc. 3.
Blurt, Master-Constable. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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"I smell a rat."
Thomas Middleton / Blurt, Master-Constable. Act iii. Sc. 3.
Blurt, Master-Constable. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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"A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long."
Thomas Middleton / The Phoenix. Act i. Sc. 1.
The Phoenix. Act i. Sc. 1.
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"The better day, the better deed."
Thomas Middleton / The Phoenix. Act iii. Sc. 1.
The Phoenix. Act iii. Sc. 1.
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"The worst comes to the worst."
Thomas Middleton / The Phoenix. Act iii. Sc. 1.
The Phoenix. Act iii. Sc. 1.
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"'T is slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift."
Thomas Middleton / Michaelmas Term. Act iv. Sc. 1.
Michaelmas Term. Act iv. Sc. 1.
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"From thousands of our undone widows One may derive some wit."
Thomas Middleton / A Trick to catch the Old One. Act i. Sc. 2.
A Trick to catch the Old One. Act i. Sc. 2.
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"Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary."
Thomas Middleton / The Family of Love. Act iv. Sc. 3.
The Family of Love. Act iv. Sc. 3.
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"Spick and span new."
Thomas Middleton / The Family of Love. Act iv. Sc. 3.
The Family of Love. Act iv. Sc. 3.
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"A flat case as plain as a pack-staff."
Thomas Middleton / The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
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"Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?"
Thomas Middleton / The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
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"As true as I live."
Thomas Middleton / The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
The Family of Love. Act v. Sc. 3.
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"From the crown of our head to the sole of our foot."
Thomas Middleton / A Mad World, my Masters. Act i. Sc. 3.
A Mad World, my Masters. Act i. Sc. 3.
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"That disease Of which all old men sicken,--avarice."
Thomas Middleton / The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1.
The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1.
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"Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes."
Thomas Middleton / The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1.
The Roaring Girl. Act i. Sc. 1.
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"There is no hate lost between us."
Thomas Middleton / The Witch. Act iv. Sc. 3.
The Witch. Act iv. Sc. 3.
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"Let the air strike our tune, Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon."
Thomas Middleton / The Witch. Act v. Sc. 2.
The Witch. Act v. Sc. 2.
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"Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may."
Thomas Middleton / The Witch. Act v. Sc. 2.
The Witch. Act v. Sc. 2.
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"All is not gold that glisteneth."
Thomas Middleton / A Fair Quarrel. Act v. Sc. 1.
A Fair Quarrel. Act v. Sc. 1.
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"As old Chaucer was wont to say, that broad famous English poet."
Thomas Middleton / More Dissemblers besides Women. Act i. Sc. 4.
More Dissemblers besides Women. Act i. Sc. 4.
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"'T is a stinger."
Thomas Middleton / More Dissemblers besides Women. Act iii. Sc. 2.
More Dissemblers besides Women. Act iii. Sc. 2.
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"The world 's a stage on which all parts are played."
Thomas Middleton / A Game at Chess. Act v. Sc. 1.
A Game at Chess. Act v. Sc. 1.
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"Turn over a new leaf."
Thomas Middleton / Anything for a Quiet Life. Act iii. Sc. 3.
Anything for a Quiet Life. Act iii. Sc. 3.
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"My nearest And dearest enemy."
Thomas Middleton / Anything for a Quiet Life. Act v. Sc. 1.
Anything for a Quiet Life. Act v. Sc. 1.
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"This was a good week's labour."
Thomas Middleton / Anything for a Quiet Life. Act v. Sc. 3.
Anything for a Quiet Life. Act v. Sc. 3.
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"How many honest words have suffered corruption since Chaucer's days!"
Thomas Middleton / No Wit, no Help, like a Woman's. Act ii. Sc. 1.
No Wit, no Help, like a Woman's. Act ii. Sc. 1.
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"By many a happy accident."
Thomas Middleton / No Wit, no Help, like a Woman's. Act ii. Sc. 2.
No Wit, no Help, like a Woman's. Act ii. Sc. 2.
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