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

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Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809): Gaffer Grey.

Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825),—when Ambassador to the French Republic, 1796.

And ye sall walk in silk attire,

And siller hae to spare,

Gin ye 'll consent to be his bride,

Nor think o' Donald mair.

Susanna Blamire (1747-1794): The Siller Croun.

A glass is good, and a lass is good,

And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;