| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3250 |
| AUTHOR: | Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718) |
| QUOTATION: | At length the morn and cold indifference came. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Fair Penitent. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
But with the morning cool reflection came.—Sir Walter Scott: Chronicles of the Canongate, chap. iv.
Scott also quotes it in his notes to “The Monastery,” chap. iii. note 11; and with “calm” substituted for “cool” in “The Antiquary,” chap. v.; and with “repentance” for “reflection” in “Rob Roy,” chap. xii. [back] |
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