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

3880 Robert Blair 1699-1746 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3880
AUTHOR:Robert Blair (1699–1746)
QUOTATION:The good he scorn’d
Stalk’d off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Grave. Part ii. Line 586.
 
Note 1.
See Norris, Quotation 1. [back]