John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1185 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1185 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | If you have writ your annals true, ’t is there That, like an eagle in a dove-cote, I Flutter’d your Volscians in Corioli: Alone I did it. Boy! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Coriolanus. Act v. Sc. 6. 1 [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. Act v. sc. 5 in Singer and Knight. [back] |