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Thread #103320 Message #2102932
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Jul-07 - 11:47 PM
Thread Name: add/origins: A Man Of Words And Not Of Deeds
Subject: RE: add/origins: A Man Of Words And Not Of Deeds
Bartlett, "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," 14th ed. (1968) is where I found the two quotations, and the reference to Perrault. I don't think it is in Perrault, but Halliwell puts it back almost that far with his MS. remark.