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

4369 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4369
AUTHOR:Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
QUOTATION:One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title-page, another works away the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Bee. No. 1, Oct. 6, 1759.
 
Note 1.
There are two things which I am confident I can do very well: one is an introduction to any literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner.
Boswell: Life of Johnson, An. 1775. [back]