‘Despair is a free man-hope is a slave’ Proverb attributed to ʿAlī, Muslim caliph and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad: “Despair is a freeman, Hope is a slave.” 9 “To him that hath shall be given and from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he hath.” Bible, Matthew 25:29 ( KJV): “For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” There are no literary allusions in this chapter. Pepys would say, to bed Signature phrase in the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), which he kept from 1660 to 1669. Thank whatever gods there were for that Algernon Charles Swinburne, “The Garden of Proserpine” (1866 poem), lines 83–84: “We thank with brief thanksgiving / Whatever gods there be.” 2 Its ghost appeared Banquo-like William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1623 play), act 3, scene 4, line 42: “ Enter the Ghost of Banquo, and sits in Macbeth’s place.” Montgomery’s novel The Blue Castle, first published in 1926. What follows is a list of literary allusions appearing in L.M.

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