John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
285 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 285 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?–1606) |
| QUOTATION: | It seems to me (said she) that you are in some brown study. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues, 1579 (Arber’s reprint), page 80. |
| Note 1. A brown study.—Jonathan Swift: Polite Conversation. [back] |