John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2020 Thomas Middleton 1580-1627 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2020 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) |
| QUOTATION: | By many a happy accident. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | No Wit, no Help, like a Woman’s. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. A happy accident.—Madame de Staël: L’Allemagne, chap. xvi. Cervantes: Don Quixote, book iv. part ii. chap. lvii. [back] |