John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3102 Tom Brown 1663-1704 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3102 |
| AUTHOR: | Tom Brown (1663–1704) |
| QUOTATION: | In the reign of Charles II. a certain worthy divine at Whitehall thus addressed himself to the auditory at the conclusion of his sermon: “In short, if you don’t live up to the precepts of the Gospel, but abandon yourselves to your irregular appetites, you must expect to receive your reward in a certain place which ’t is not good manners to mention here.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Laconics. |
| Note 1. Who never mentions hell to ears polite.—Alexander Pope: Moral Essays, epistle iv. line 149. [back] |