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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]