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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2369
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION:And bid the devil take the hin’most. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part i. Canto ii. Line 633.
 
Note 1.
Bid the Devil take the slowest.—Matthew Prior: On the Taking of Namur.

Deil tak the hindmost.—Robert Burns: To a Haggis. [back]
 

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