133. MALICE: (See Cruelty, Malediction.)

134. MALEDICTION: (See Execration, Malice.)

Colloquial.

a-Serves you right, you wretch. I hope you'll have bad luck and lots of it.

b

Classical.

Poison be their drink!

Gall, worse than gall, the daintiest that they taste!
Their sweetest shade a grove of cypress trees!
Their chiefest prospect murd'ring basilisks!

SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI, II, iii, 2.

c-Oh, may such purple tears be always shed.

From those that wish the downfall of our house!
SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI, III, v, 6.

d-There let him sink, and be the seas on him!
SHAKESPEARE, Richard III, iv, 4.

135. MEDITATION:

Colloquial.

a-Let me see-four into thirty-nine goes (work the sum aloud)-four into thirty-five goes (work the sum aloud)-ninety-eight times seventy-four is— b-Ought I to do it, or ought I not? If I do it, they will-they wouldn't ask me that. If I don't do it, they might-no-yes-they will avoid me.

Classical.

To die, to sleep,

No more; and, by a sleep, to say we end

The heart ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to,-'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die,—to sleep,-

To sleep; perchance to dream;-aye, there's the rub.

SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, iii, 1.

136. MELANCHOLY: (See Despair.)

Colloquial.

a-I've tried to do the right thing, but somehow everything goes against me. I feel right down miserable.

b-Hope? There's no hope. How dull and dead my whole life seems!

Classical.

-I am a tainted wether of the flock,

Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit
Drops earliest to the ground, and so let me.
SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1.

137. MIRTH: (See Gayety.)

Colloquial.

a-Laugh? I should think I did; to see that great fat man with his tall silk hat bump into that fat woman and then fall flat in the mud! It was so funny that I-ha, ha, ha!

b-Fun! That doesn't half tell it. We laughed and sang and sang and laughed until I thought the roof would come down.

Classical.

c-A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest,
A motley fool;-a miserable world;

d

As I do live by food, I met a fool.

SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It, ii, 7.
Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Jest, and youthful jollity,

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles,
Nods, and becks, and wreathéd smiles,
Such as hang on Hebe's cheek,

And love to lie in dimple sleek;
Sport that wrinkled Care derides,

And Laughter holding both his sides.
Come, and trip it as you go,

On the light fantastic toe.

MILTON, L'Allegro.

138. MISTRUST: (See Suspicion, Assertion.)

a—Oh, don't praise me; I did my duty, that's all.
6—Oh, I did pretty well, but then I ought to.
c-If I can do half as well as she I shall be satisfied.

Classical.

d-I am no orator as Brutus is;

For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth,
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech
To stir men's blood; I only speak right on.

SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, iii, 2.

140. MOANING: (See Agony.)

Colloquial.

a-Oh, the pain, the pain, the pain!

Classical.

b-All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh! Oh! Oh!

SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, v, 1.

141. MOCK-DEFERENCE: (See Sarcasm.)

Colloquial.

a-Really, you are so very, very, very superior that I bow to your majesty.

Classical.

b-Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key

Say this

Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;

You spurn'd me such a day; another time
You called me dog; and for these courtesies
I'll lend you this much moneys?

SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, i, 3.

142. MOCKERY: (See Ridicule, Sarcasm.)

Colloquial.

a-Cry away, you great big baby-boo-hoo, boo-hoo, hoo-hoo!

Classical.

b-Aye, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, Alas! it cried, give me some drink, Titinius,

As a sick girl.

SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, i, 2.

143. OBSTINACY: (See Determination, Prejudice.)

Colloquial.

a-I will not budge; not a jot, not an inch.
b-I don't want to go, and I won't go; so there.

Classical.

c-In the way of bargain, mark ye me,

I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.

SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV, I, iii, 1.

c-I don't want to frighten you, but there is danger

ahead.

Classical.

d-O Caesar! these things are beyond all use,

And I do fear them.

SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, ii, 2.

145. PAIN: (See Agony.)

Colloquial.

a-Oh, it hurts-Oh! Oh!

Classical.

b-I bleed still! I am hurt to the death

SHAKESPEARE, Othello, ii, 3.

146. PENITENCE: (See Regret.)

147. PERMISSION: (See Assent.)

Colloquial.

a-You may take it. You have my fullest permission.

Classical.

b-Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine,

And thy best graces spend it at thy will.

148. PERPLEXITY:

SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, i, 2.

Colloquial.

a-This is the house. No, it can't be. Yes, there are the same old steps. But I am sure it wasn't a red brick. No-yes, this must be it. No-well, if I'm not mixed!

Classical.

b--Where have I been? Where am I?

not what to say.

SHAKESPEARE, King Lear, iv, 7.

149. PERSUASION: (See Entreaty, Advice.)

Colloquial.

a-Come on, do, and have some fun. You'll have a glorious time. Nothing like it in your life be

b-Take thrice thy money; bid me tear the bond.

SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1.