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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3216 Colley Cibber 1671-1757 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3216
AUTHOR:Colley Cibber (1671–1757)
QUOTATION:Persuasion tips his tongue whene’er he talks,
And he has chambers in King’s Bench walks. 1
 
Note 1.
A parody on Pope’s lines:—

Graced as thou art with all the power of words,
So known, so honoured at the House of Lords. [back]