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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3529 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 1 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 169. |
| Note 1. See Bacon, Quotation 40. [back] |
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