John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5303 Robert Southey 1774-1843 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 5303 |
AUTHOR: | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
QUOTATION: | He passed a cottage with a double coach-house,— A cottage of gentility; And he owned with a grin, That his favourite sin Is pride that apes humility. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Devil’s Walk. Stanza 8. |
Note 1. See Coleridge, Quotation 38. [back] |