John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Robert Hall 1764-1831 John Bartlett
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| His [Burke’s] imperial fancy has laid all Nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation and every walk of art. |
| Apology for the Freedom of the Press. |
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| He [Kippis] might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move. |
| Gregory’s Life of Hall. |
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| Call things by their right names…. Glass of brandy and water! That is the current but not the appropriate name: ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. 1 |
| Gregory’s Life of Hall. |
| Note 1. See Tourneur, Quotation 1. He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.—Diogenes Laertius: Pythagoras, vi. [back] |