"Hold their noses to the grindstone."
— Thomas Middleton
January 1, 1970
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Blurt, Master-Constable (c.1601), Act iii. Sc. 3. Attributed to Middleton, but possibly written or edited by Thomas Dekker.. Compare: "Hold their noses to grinstone", John Heywood, Proverbes. Part i. Chap. v.
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Blurt, Master-Constable (c.1601), Act iii. Sc. 3. Attributed to Middleton, but possibly written or edited by Thomas Dekker.. Compare: "Hold their noses to grinstone", John Heywood, Proverbes. Part i. Chap. v.