Reference > Quotations > John Bartlett, comp. > Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. > 3826. John Gay
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3826
AUTHOR:John Gay (1685–1732)
QUOTATION:Remote from cities liv’d a swain,
Unvex’d with all the cares of gain;
His head was silver’d o’er with age,
And long experience made him sage.
ATTRIBUTION:Fables. Part i. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com