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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2084
AUTHOR:Joseph Hall (1574–1656)
QUOTATION:There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Contemplations. Book iv. The veil of Moses.
 
Note 1.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
Thomas Gray: Elegy, stanza 14. [back]
 

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