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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Cloten:) Thou villain base, Know'st me not by my clothes? (Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.
ALEXANDER POPE Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further, but they have new creators, God tai...
PHILIP MASSINGER As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred Can bring more to the...
PHILIP MASSINGER What a fine man Hath your tailor made you!
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THOMAS PERCY It takes nine tailors to make a man. [Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]
JOHN HEYWOOD A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- D...
SIR JOHN HARRINGTON Sister, look ye, How, by a new creation of my tailor's I've shook off old mortality.
JOHN FORD Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.
THOMAS CARLYLE 'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there? Wh...
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JIDENNA My name is Jidenna, which means 'to hold or embrace the father' in Igbo. It was my father wh...
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