Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Pencil
Of whom it may be justly said,
He’s a gold pencil tipp’d with lead.
Swift.—A Lady’s Ivory Table Book.
Beshrew the sombre pencil! I envy not its powers.
Sterne.—The Starling.
Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Of whom it may be justly said,
He’s a gold pencil tipp’d with lead.
Swift.—A Lady’s Ivory Table Book.
Beshrew the sombre pencil! I envy not its powers.
Sterne.—The Starling.