| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3070 |
| AUTHOR: | Mathew Henry (16621714) |
| QUOTATION: | Here is bread, which strengthens mans heart, and therefore called the staff of life. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Commentaries. Psalm civ. |
| | Note 1. Bread is the staff of life.Jonathan Swift: Tale of a Tub.
Corne, which is the staffe of life.Winslow: Good Newes from New England, p. 47. (London, 1624.)
The stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread.Isaiah iii. 1. [back] |
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