He made a tremendous fuss about a sore finger he had at one time; and when the doctor exclaimed, like Romeo, "Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much," Tom Peregrine replied, with much the same humour as poor Mercutio: "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough."
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
If Mrs. Kemble had read the words of Rosalind or of Portia, of Shylock or Mercutio, as if they were neighbors of hers and people whom we were in the habit of meeting, the effect would have been ludicrous.
"From the Easy Chair, series 2"
George William Curtis
Thus comes forth Shallow, and Slender, and Mercutio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
"Bacon is Shake-Speare"
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
