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

2373 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2373
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION:Who thought he ’d won
The field as certain as a gun. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 11.
 
Note 1.
Sure as a gun.—John Dryden: The Spanish Friar, act iii. sc. 2. Cervantes: Don Quixote, part i. book iii. chap. vii. [back]