Though the Camomill, the more it is trodden and pressed downe the more it spreadeth.
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P. 46. Compare: "The camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows", William Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4.John Lyly
Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.
Robert Frost
In The Bob Hope Golf Classic (LWT) the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at one stage at the disposal of a man who might have either pressed it by mistake or else pressed it deliberately in order to obtain room service.
Clive James
Much like a subtle spider which doth sit
In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide;
If aught do touch the utmost thread of it,
She feels it instantly on every side.John (poet) Davies
Love your neighbor, yet pull not downe your hedge.
George Herbert
How these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe.
John Aubrey
Lyly, John
Lynd, Robert Wilson
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