No thought of flight,
None of retreat, no unbecoming deed
That argued fear; each on himself relied,
As only in his arm the moment lay
Of victory.
416
MILTON, Par.  Lost, Bk. vi., Line 236.

=Court—­Courtiers.=

The caterpillars of the commonwealth,
Whom I have soon to weed and pluck away.
417
SHAKS.:  Richard II., Act ii., Sc. 3.

Not a courtier,
Although they wear their faces to the bent
Of the king’s looks, hath a heart that is not
Glad at the thing they scowl at.
418
SHAKS.:  Cymbeline, Act i., Sc. 1.

A mere court butterfly,
That flutters in the pageant of a monarch.
419
BYRON:  Sardanapalus, Act v., Sc. 1.

=Courtesy.=

How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!  Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers,—­ It transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe. 420 JAMES T. FIELDS:  Courtesy.

=Courtship.=

Bring, therefore, all the forces that you may, And lay incessant battery to her heart; Plaints, prayers, vows, ruth, and sorrow, and dismay,—­ These engines can the proudest love convert. 421 SPENSER:  Amoretti and Epithalamion, Sonnet xiv.

She is a woman, therefore may be woo’d;
She is a woman, therefore may be won.
422
SHAKS.:  Titus And., Act ii., Sc. 1.

He that would win his dame must do
As love does when he draws his bow;
With one hand thrust the lady from,
And with the other pull her home.
423
BUTLER:  Hudibras, Pt. ii., Canto i., Line 449.

=Covetousness.=

When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. 424 SHAKS.:  King John, Act iv., Sc. 2.

=Cowardice.=

O, that a mighty man, of such descent,
Of such possessions, and so high esteem,
Should be infused with so foul a spirit!
425
SHAKS.:  Tam. of the S., Introduction, Sc. 2.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. 426 SHAKS.:  Jul.  Caesar, Act ii., Sc. 2.

The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom ’t were gross flattery to name a coward.
427
JOHN TOBIN:  Honeymoon, Act ii., Sc. 1.

The coward never on himself relies,
But to an equal for assistance flies.
428
CRABBE:  Tale iii., Line 84.

=Cowslips.=

With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears. 429 MILTON:  Lycidas, Line 139.

=Coxcombs.=

So by false learning is good sense defac’d; Some are bewilder’d in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. 430 POPE:  E. on Criticism, Pt. i., Line 25.