John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4882 John Hookham Frere 1769-1846 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4882 |
| AUTHOR: | John Hookham Frere (1769–1846) |
| QUOTATION: | A sudden thought strikes me,—let us swear an eternal friendship. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Rovers. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. See Otway, Quotation 5. My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.—Jean Baptiste Molière: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, act iv. sc. 1. [back] |