BEING AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE TO

THEIR SOURCES

PASSAGES AND PHRASES
IN COMMON USE.

BY JOHN BARTLETT.

"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but
the thread that binds them is mine own."

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MONTAIGNE.

SEVENTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

JOHN BARTLETT,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON.

CAMBRIDGE.