"Snow-broth" Quotes from Famous Books
... those that know the very nerves of state, His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true-meant design. Upon his place, And with full line of his authority, Governs Lord Angelo: a man whose blood Is very snow-broth; one who never feels The wanton stings and motions of the sense. But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge With profits of the mind, study, and fast. He,—to give fear to use and liberty, Which have for long run by the hideous law, As mice by lions,—hath ... — Measure for Measure • William Shakespeare [Collins edition] |