dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  3519 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

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

3519 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3519
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said;
Tie up the knocker! say I ’m sick, I ’m dead.
ATTRIBUTION:Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 1.