Excerpt from Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Sources; Passages and Phrases in Common Use This edition embodies the results of the later researches of its editors, besides the contributions of various friends, and includes many quotations which have long been waiting a favorable verdict on the all-important question of familiarity. A few changes have been made in the arrangement, and the cita tions from Shakespeare have been adapted to the principal modern editions. The former edition has been freshly compared with the originals, and such errors removed as the revision has disclosed. The editorial labors have been shared with rezin A. Wight, esq., of New York, who has been a generous contributor to the former editions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.