John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2122 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2122 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Can build castles in the air. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 3. |
| Note 1. ”Castles in the air,”—Montaigne, Sir Philip Sidney, Massinger, Sir Thomas Browne, Giles Fletcher, George Herbert, Dean Swift, Broome, Fielding, Cibber, Churchill, Shenstone, and Lloyd. [back] |