John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3869 Philip Dormer Stanhope
| NUMBER: | 3869 |
| AUTHOR: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
| QUOTATION: | He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Character of Bolingbroke. |
| Note 1. Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn. Samuel Johnson: Epitaph on Goldsmith. Il embellit tout ce qu’il touche (He adorned whatever he touched).—Fénelon: Lettre sur les Occupations de l’ Académie Française, sect. iv. [back] |