John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Philip Massinger 1583-1640 John Bartlett
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| Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans’ tears, Will not be drawn. |
| A New Way to pay Old Debts. Act v. Sc. 1. |
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| Death hath a thousand doors to let out life. 2 |
| A Very Woman. Act v. Sc. 4. |
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| This many-headed monster. 3 |
| The Roman Actor. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
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| Grim death. 4 |
| The Roman Actor. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. See Middleton, Quotation 9. [back] |
| Note 2. Death hath so many doors to let out life.—Beaumont and Fletcher: The Custom of the Country, act ii. sc. 2. The thousand doors that lead to death.—Sir Thomas Browne: Religio Medici, part i. sect. xliv. [back] |
| Note 3. See Sir Philip Sidney, Quotation 6. [back] |
| Note 4. Grim death, my son and foe.—John Milton: Paradise Lost, book ii. line 804. [back] |