Source: Emma
Report of the Superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad to the Stockholders (1856)
“Time’s horses gallop down the lessening hill.”
Time flies.
“But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be;
Within that circle none durst walk but he.”
The Tempest, Prologue.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“We sit here safe, within a circle of swords held by other men.”
ibid
Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
“And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.”
"Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/small-circle-of-friends.html
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Context: Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.
“Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Every free thing has an invisible cost attached to it.”
