John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4224 William B Rhodes 1790 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4224 |
| AUTHOR: | William B. Rhodes (c. 1790) |
| QUOTATION: | Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Bombastes Furioso. Act i. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. Let none but he these arms displace, Who dares Orlando’s fury face. Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. chap. lxvi. Ray: Proverbs. Thomas: English Prose Romance, page 85. [back] |