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

311 Cyril Tourneur 1575?-1626 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:311
AUTHOR:Cyril Tourneur (1575?–1626)
QUOTATION:A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo ’em,
To suffer wet damnation to run through ’em. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Revenger’s Tragedy. Act iii. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
Distilled damnation.—Robert Hall (in Gregory’s “Life of Hall”). [back]