John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3282 Henry
| NUMBER: | 3282 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke St. John (1678–1751) |
| QUOTATION: | The dignity of history. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On the Study and Use of History. Letter v. |
| Note 1. Henry Fielding: Tom Jones, book xi. chap. ii. Horace Walpole: Advertisement to Letter to Sir Horace Mann. Thomas B. Macaulay: History of England, vol. i. chap. i. [back] |