John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
248 Edmund Spenser 1552?-1599 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 248 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| QUOTATION: | A bold bad man. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faerie Queene. Book i. Canto i. St. 37. |
| Note 1. This bold bad man.—William Shakespeare: Henry VIII. act ii. sc. 2. Philip Massinger: A New Way to Pay Old Debts, act iv. sc. 2. [back] |