| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4193 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (17161771) |
| QUOTATION: | The applause of listning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty oer a smiling land, And read their history in a nations eyes. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 16. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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