John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8370 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8370 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | The mother said to her daughter, “Daughter, bid thy daughter tell her daughter that her daughter’s daughter hath a daughter.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Hakewill: Apologie. Book iii. Chap. v. Sect. 9. 1 |
| Note 1. Hakewill translated this from the “Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ,” vol. iii. [back] |