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

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To Mr. Pope. Epistle i. Line 277.

Accept a miracle instead of wit,—

See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.

Lines written with the Diamond Pencil of Lord Chesterfield.

Time elaborately thrown away.

The Last Day. Book i.

There buds the promise of celestial worth.

The Last Day. Book iii.

In records that defy the tooth of time.

The Statesman's Creed.