John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Henry Fielding. (1707–1754) (continued) |
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| Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? |
| Tom Jones. Book iv. Chap. iv. |
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| Distinction without a difference. |
| Tom Jones. Book vi. Chap. xiii. |
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| Amiable weakness. 1 |
| Tom Jones. Book x. Chap. viii. |
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| The dignity of history. 2 |
| Tom Jones. Book xi. Chap. ii. |
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| Republic of letters. |
| Tom Jones. Book xiv. Chap. i. |
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| Illustrious predecessors. 3 |
| Covent Garden Journal. Jan. 11, 1752. |
| William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. (1708–1778) |
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| Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. |
| Speech, Jan. 14, 1766. |
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| A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. 4 |
| Chatham Correspondence. Speech, March 2, 1770. |
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| Where law ends, tyranny begins. |
| Case of Wilkes. Speech, Jan. 9, 1770. |
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| Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations. 5 |
| Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, Sept. 29, 1770. |
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| If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,—never! never! never! |
| Speech, Nov. 18, 1777. |
| Note 1. Amiable weaknesses of human nature.—Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap xiv. [back] |
| Note 2. See Bolingbroke, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 3. Illustrious predecessor.—Edmund Burke: The Present Discontents. I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men…. In receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.—Martin Van Buren: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837. [back] |
| Note 4. Quoted by Lord Mahon, “greater than the throne itself.”—History of England, vol. v. p. 258. [back] |
| Note 5. ”Indemnity for the past and security for the future.”—Russell: Memoir of Fox, vol. iii. p. 345, Letter to the Hon. T. Maitland. [back] |