Citations:figs from thistles
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English citations of figs from thistles
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 7:16:
- Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistles?
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter 1, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
- Will men never be wise? will they never cease to expect corn from tares, and figs from thistles?
- (Can we date this quote?), Rudyard Kipling, An Imperial Rescript:
- The day that they razored the Grindstone, the day that the Cat was belled, The day of the Figs from Thistles, the day of the Twisted Sands,