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'Tis as cheap sitting as standing.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation.
Dialogue I. 'Tis a stinger.— THOS. MIDDLETON — More Dissemblers Besides Women. Act III. Sc. II.
'Tis good in every case, you know, To have two strings unto our bow.— CHURCHILL — The Ghost. Bk. IV. L. 1,295.
"Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.— Shakespeare — Twelfth Night. Act I. Sc. 5. L. 253.
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.— BENJ. FRANKLIN — Poor Richard. 1752.
'Tis neither here nor there.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 58.
'Tis nothing when you are used to it.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation. Dialogue
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