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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Cross

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore.
Pope.—Rape of the Lock, Canto II. Line 7.

Near to that spot where Charles bestrides a horse,
In humble prose the place is Charing Cross.
Foote.—Prol. to the Englishman Returned from Paris, Line 12.