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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1185 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1185
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:If you have writ your annals true, ’t is there
That, like an eagle in a dove-cote, I
Flutter’d your Volscians in Corioli:
Alone I did it. Boy!
ATTRIBUTION:Coriolanus. Act v. Sc. 6. 1  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Act v. sc. 5 in Singer and Knight. [back]