John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3216 Colley Cibber 1671-1757 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3216 |
| AUTHOR: | Colley Cibber (1671–1757) |
| QUOTATION: | Persuasion tips his tongue whene’er he talks, And he has chambers in King’s Bench walks. 1 |
| Note 1. A parody on Pope’s lines:— Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honoured at the House of Lords. [back] |