| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4717 |
| AUTHOR: | George Crabbe (17541832) |
| QUOTATION: | But t was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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