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"I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell."
Laconics.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back."
Laconics.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In the reign of Charles II. a certain worthy divine at Whitehall thus addressed himself to the auditory at the conclusion of his sermon: "In short, if you don't live up to the precepts of the Gospel, but abandon yourselves to your irregular appetites, you must expect to receive your reward in a certain place which 't is not good manners to mention here.""
Laconics.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain