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Midnight Oil. и. Used by COWPER, LLOYD, QUARLES, SHENSTONE, and others. Moche Crye and no Wull.— FORTESCUE — De Laudibus Leg. Angliæ. Ch. X.

Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.— CHAUCER — Canterbury Tales. The Nonnes Preestes Tale. L. 15,058.

More knave than fool. C.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. I. Bk. IV. Ch. 2.

Much of a muchness.— VANBRUGH — The Provoked Husband. Act I. Sc. 1.

My appetite comes to me while eating.— MONTAIGNE — Essays. Of Vanity. Bk. III. Ch. IX.

My man's as true as steel.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 209.

My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. LVII.

Neat, not gaudy.— CHARLES LAMB — Letter to Wordsworth.

June 11, 1806. Necessity knows no law except to conquer.— PUBLIUS SYRUS — Maxims. 553.

Nede hath no lawe..— SKELTON — Colyn Cloute. L. 865.

Needle in a bottle of hay.— FIELD — A Woman's a Weathercock.

Reprint 1612. P. 20. Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.— BENJ. FRANKLIN — Poor Richard.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. LXXIV.

Never say "Fail" again.— BULWER-LYTTON — Richelieu. Act II. Sc. 2.

Nick of Time!— SIR JOHN SUCKLING — The Goblins. Act V.

No better than you should be.— BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER — The Coxcomb. Act IV. Sc. 3.

No cross, no crown. ST. PAULINUS (Bishop of Nola). No man is a hero to his valet-de-chambre. Attributed to MARSHAL CATINAT. Also to MME. CORNUEL (by Mme. Aisse).— MONTAIGNE — Essays. Bk. III. Ch. II.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. I. Sec. II. Memb. 2. Subsec. III.