John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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1 | When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, begging them to taste a little brandy and throwing half his goods on the counter,thinks I, that man has an axe to grind. |
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| Note 1. From Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe, Doylestown, Pa., 1815. It first appeared in the Wilkesbarre Gleaner, 1811. [back] |
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