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Tale: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

I shall tell you A pretty tale.— C. i. 1

I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.— 0. i. 3

१ I'll to thy closet; and go read with thee Sad stories, chanced in the times of old.— Tit. And. iii. 2.

A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins. * * * * * I will tell it softly; yon crickets Shall not hear it.— W. T. ii. 1.

But it is true,-without any slips of prolixity, or crossing— M. V. iii. 1.

the plain highway of talk. An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. R. III. iv. 4. Mark how a plain tale shall put you down.— H. IV. PT. I. ii. 1.

Of Woe

Floods of tears will drown my oratory And break my very utterance. In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks; and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid; And, ere thou bid good night, to quit their grief,— Tit. And. v. 3