2842. Sir John Suckling. 1609-1642. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2842
AUTHOR:	Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
QUOTATION:	“High characters,” cries one, and he would see Things that ne’er were, nor are, nor e’er will be. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	The Goblins. Epilogue.

Note 1.
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be.
Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism, part ii. line 53.

There ’s no such thing in Nature, and you ’ll draw
A faultless monster which the world ne’er saw.
Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire: Essay on Poetry. [back]

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