John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
George Canning 1770-1827 John Bartlett
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Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir. |
The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder. |
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I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first. |
The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder. |
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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES. |
The Loves of the Triangles. Line 178. |
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And finds, with keen, discriminating sight, Black ’s not so black,—nor white so very white. |
New Morality. |
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, Bold I can meet,—perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, save, oh save me from the candid friend! 1 |
New Morality. |
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I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. |
The King’s Message, Dec. 12, 1826. |
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No, here ’s to the pilot that weathered the storm! |
The Pilot that weathered the Storm. |
Note 1. ”Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.” The French Ana assign to Maréchal Villars this aphorism when taking leave of Louis XIV. [back] |