John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Charles Maklin 1697?-1797 John Bartlett
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| The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it. |
| Love à la Mode. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
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| Every tub must stand upon its bottom. 1 |
| The Man of the World. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. See Bunyan, Quotation 4. [back] |