EGGS IN LITERATURE. Pes 
“Like egg-shells moved upon their surges, 
crack’d as easily against our rocks.” 
Cymbeline, Act LI. Se. 1. 
“ Some trick not worth an egg.” 
Coriolanus, Act IV. Se. 4. 
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« And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg. 
Julius Cesar, Act I. Se. 1. 
“ Even for an egg-shell.” 
Hamlet, Act IV. Se. 4. 
‘“ Mine honest friend, 
Will you take eggs for money ?” 
Winter’s Tale, Act I. Se. 2. 
“T can suck melancholy out of a song, as a 
weazel sucks eggs.” 
As You lake ft, Act LH. Se. 5. 
“Thou half-penny purse of wit, thou pigeon- 
egg of discretion.” 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V. Se. 1. 
“ Like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.” 
As You Like It, Act II. Se. 2. 
