John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3865 Philip Dormer Stanhope
NUMBER: | 3865 |
AUTHOR: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
QUOTATION: | I assisted at the birth of that most significant word “flirtation,” which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world. |
ATTRIBUTION: | The World. No. 101. |