John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6374 Benjamin
| NUMBER: | 6374 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli (1804–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | A dark horse 1 which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The young Duke. Book i. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. A political phrase common in the United States. [back] |