John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2373 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2373 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| QUOTATION: | Who thought he ’d won The field as certain as a gun. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 11. |
| Note 1. Sure as a gun.—John Dryden: The Spanish Friar, act iii. sc. 2. Cervantes: Don Quixote, part i. book iii. chap. vii. [back] |