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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3112
AUTHOR:Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
QUOTATION:That air and harmony of shape express,
Fine by degrees, and beautifully less. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Henry and Emma.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.—Alexander Pope: Moral Essays, epistle ii. line 43. [back]
 

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