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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

New Year’s Day

This is a day, in days of yore,
Our fathers never saw before:
This is a day, ’tis one to ten,
Our sons will never see again.
Fielding.—The Historical Register for 1736, Act I. Scene 1.