Catharine de Medici, will not say how many men groaned out my name that
night."

"And now," said Ellen, "let us play _Quotations_. One quotes a
well-known passage from some book, and if another mentions the author,
she is entitled to propose the next passage. It all depends for interest
upon our cleverness; so brighten up your wits, cousins mine."

"As I'm a poet," said Charlie, "I'll give you this:

'The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.'"

"Shakspeare!" cried Tom. "Now where does this come from: 'the better
part of valor is--discretion.'"

"Shakspeare again," replied Alice. "And in what book do you find this
passage, which corroborates that noble sentiment:

'He that fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day.'"

"In Butler's Hudibras, I believe," rejoined Ellen. "And where may that
truth be found, which evidently is intended only for boys and men--'Use
every man after his desert, and who shall escape whipping?'"

"Of course it was said by no one else than Will Shakspeare, the
deer-stealer--he knew it held good of himself, and was indulgent to
others. And who was it that wrote this epitaph:

'Underneath this stone doth lie
As much beauty as can die:
Which in life did harbor give
To more virtue than can live.'"

"That was 'rare Ben Jonson,' I am sure," replied Alice. "If her pale
ghost could have blushed, I think it would, at such lofty and exquisite
praise. For my part, I could say, 'Speak of me as I am; nothing
extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.'"

"That's Shakspeare again," cried Charlie. "It is surprising how many
passages come into one's head from that wonderful man's works. Where is
this to be found: 'God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.'"

"In the Bible, of course--though I do not remember in what part," said
Mary.

"Think again," replied Charlie, "for you are quite wrong: it can never
be found in the Bible."

"Oh, but I'm sure it is there: I'll get a concordance and find the
passage in a minute." Accordingly she did so, but was obliged to
acknowledge herself defeated: it was nowhere to be discovered.

"Since you are at a loss, I can set you right, for once," said Mrs.
Wyndham. "The passage is to be found in Sterne's works: I have myself
heard it quoted in the pulpit as from the Bible, and many people really
think that it is. Here's another:

'When Greek