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

1404 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1404
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,
Thence to be wrench’d with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding.
ATTRIBUTION:Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.