Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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There 's no such thing in Nature, and you 'll draw

A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw.

Sheffield: Essay on Poetry.

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MARQUIS OF MONTROSE.  1612-1650.

He either fears his fate too much,

Or his deserts are small,

That dares not put it to the touch

To gain or lose it all.[257:2]

My Dear and only Love.