John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3140 Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3140 |
| AUTHOR: | Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) |
| QUOTATION: | As boys do sparrows, with flinging salt upon their tails. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tale of a Tub. Sect. vii. |
| Note 1. Till they be bobbed on the tails after the manner of sparrows.—Francis Rabelais: book ii. chap. xiv. [back] |