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

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There, take (says Justice), take ye each a shell:

We thrive at Westminster on fools like you;

'T was a fat oyster,—live in peace,—adieu.[334:1]

Verbatim from Boileau.

Father of all! in every age,

In every clime adored,

By saint, by savage, and by sage,

Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.

The Universal Prayer. Stanza 1.

Thou great First Cause, least understood.