John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2067 John Webster 1580?-1634 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2067 |
| AUTHOR: | John Webster (1580?–1634) |
| QUOTATION: | ’T is just like a summer bird-cage in a garden,—the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The White Devil. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. See Davies, Quotation 2. [back] |