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

3250 Niholas Rowe 1674-1718 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3250
AUTHOR:Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718)
QUOTATION:At length the morn and cold indifference came. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Fair Penitent. Act i. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
But with the morning cool reflection came.—Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, chap. iv.

Scott also quotes it in his notes to “The Monastery,” chap. iii. note 11; and with “calm” substituted for “cool” in “The Antiquary,” chap. v.; and with “repentance” for “reflection” in “Rob Roy,” chap. xii. [back]