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Chaucer—Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath. L. 572. 1 |
Chaucer—Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath. L. 572. 1 |
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. |
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Herbert—Jacula Prudentum. Plautus—Trunculentus. IV. |
Herbert—Jacula Prudentum. Plautus—Trunculentus. IV. 1 |
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It had need to bee |
It had need to bee |
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A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare. |
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Heywood—Proverbs. Pt. II. Ch. V. |
Heywood—Proverbs. Pt. II. Ch. V. 1 |
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"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she, |
"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she, |
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"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew |
"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew |
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And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man, |
And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man, |
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A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan." |
A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan." |
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Lorenzo Pignotti—The Mouse Turned Hermit. |
Lorenzo Pignotti—The Mouse Turned Hermit. 1 |
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When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it. |
When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it. |
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Pliny the Elder—Natural History. Bk. VIII. Sec. CIII. |
Pliny the Elder—Natural History. Bk. VIII. Sec. CIII. 1 |
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The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, |
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, |
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Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
Can never be a mouse of any soul. |
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Pope—The Wife of Bath. Her Prologue. L. 298. |
Pope—The Wife of Bath. Her Prologue. L. 298. 1 |
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The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge |
The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge |
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From rascals worse than they. |
From rascals worse than they. |
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Revision as of 18:11, 23 April 2011
Mouse
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek. That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.
Chaucer—Paraphrase of the Prologue of The Wyves Tale of Bath. L. 572. 1
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
Herbert—Jacula Prudentum. Plautus—Trunculentus. IV. 1
It had need to bee
A wylie mouse that should breed in the cat's eare.
Heywood—Proverbs. Pt. II. Ch. V. 1
"Once on a time there was a mouse," quoth she,
"Who sick of worldly tears and laughter, grew
Enamoured of a sainted privacy;
To all terrestrial things he bade adieu,
And entered, far from mouse, or cat, or man, A thick-walled cheese, the best of Parmesan."
Lorenzo Pignotti—The Mouse Turned Hermit. 1
When a building is about to fall down all the mice desert it.
Pliny the Elder—Natural History. Bk. VIII. Sec. CIII. 1
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole, Can never be a mouse of any soul.
Pope—The Wife of Bath. Her Prologue. L. 298. 1
The mouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they.
Coriolanus. Act I. Sc. 6. L. 44.