FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.

I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own. -MONTAIGNE.

TENTH THOUSAND.

BEING AN ATTEMPT

TO TRACE TO THEIR SOURCE

PASSAGES AND PHRASES

IN COMMON USE:

CHIEFLY FROM

ENGLISH AUTHORS.

BY

JOHN BARTLETT.

FOURTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.