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• I smell a rat. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Blurt, Master-Constable, Act iii, Sc. 3
• Turn over a new leaf. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- Anything for a Quiet Life, Act iii, Sc.
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• And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect. 1, Memb. 3...
• The better day, the better deed. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act iii, Sc. 1
• T is a stinger. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- More Dissemblers besides Women, Act iii, Sc.
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• The worst comes to the worst. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Phoenix, Act iii, Sc. 1
• A flat case as plain as a pack-staff. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Family of Love, Act v, Sc.
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• As true as I live. -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Family of Love, Act v, Sc. 3
• Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
  -- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) -- The Family of Love, Act iv, Sc. 3...