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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Henry Fielding. (1707–1754) (continued)
 
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    Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?
          Tom Jones. Book iv. Chap. iv.
3972
    Distinction without a difference.
          Tom Jones. Book vi. Chap. xiii.
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    Amiable weakness. 1
          Tom Jones. Book x. Chap. viii.
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    The dignity of history. 2
          Tom Jones. Book xi. Chap. ii.
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    Republic of letters.
          Tom Jones. Book xiv. Chap. i.
3976
    Illustrious predecessors. 3
          Covent Garden Journal. Jan. 11, 1752.
 
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. (1708–1778)
 
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    Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.
          Speech, Jan. 14, 1766.
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    A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. 4
          Chatham Correspondence. Speech, March 2, 1770.
3979
    Where law ends, tyranny begins.
          Case of Wilkes. Speech, Jan. 9, 1770.
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    Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations. 5
          Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, Sept. 29, 1770.
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    If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,—never! never! never!
          Speech, Nov. 18, 1777.
 
Note 1.
Amiable weaknesses of human nature.—Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap xiv. [back]
Note 2.
See Bolingbroke, Quotation 2. [back]
Note 3.
Illustrious predecessor.—Edmund Burke: The Present Discontents.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men…. In receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.—Martin Van Buren: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837. [back]
Note 4.
Quoted by Lord Mahon, “greater than the throne itself.”—History of England, vol. v. p. 258. [back]
Note 5.
”Indemnity for the past and security for the future.”—Russell: Memoir of Fox, vol. iii. p. 345, Letter to the Hon. T. Maitland. [back]