Citations:wild-goose chase

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English citations of wild-goose chase

  • c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], [] Romeo and Juliet. [] (First Quarto), London: [] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
    Mer: Nay if thy wits runne the wildgooſe chaſe, I haue done: for I am ſure thou haſt more of the gooſe in one of thy wits than I haue in al my fiue. Was I with you there for the gooſe?