Careful Words

note (n.)

note (v.)

A deed of dreadful note.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 2.

A winning wave, deserving note,

In the tempestuous petticoat;

A careless shoe-string, in whose tie

I see a wild civility,—

Do more bewitch me than when art

Is too precise in every part.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Delight in Disorder.

  Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book.

Old Testament: Isaiah xxx. 8.

  Dogb.  Why, then, take no note of him, but let him go; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.

Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault,

The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 10.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,

Would men observingly distil it out.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.

The bell strikes one. We take no note of time

But from its loss.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night i. Line 55.

  When found, make a note of.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870): Dombey and Son. Chap. xv.

Take note, take note, O world,

To be direct and honest is not safe.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3.

This morning, like the spirit of a youth

That means to be of note, begins betimes.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iv. Sc. 4.

The meanest floweret of the vale,

The simplest note that swells the gale,

The common sun, the air, the skies,

To him are opening paradise.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.

  There is music in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument; for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682): Religio Medici. Part ii. Sect. ix.

This morning, like the spirit of a youth

That means to be of note, begins betimes.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iv. Sc. 4.

All his faults observed,

Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

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