"I drink, I huff, I strut, look big and stare;
And all this I can do, because I dare." —

Almanzor. Spight of my self I'le Stay, Fight, Love, Despair,
And I can do all this, because I dare.

J. Dryden. Conquest of Grenada, P. II.
Act ii. p. 99. Ed. 1672. (Vgl. Arber, p. 102.)