John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2090 John Flether 1579-1625 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2090 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| QUOTATION: | Let us do or die. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Island Princess. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. Let us do or die.—Robert Burns: Bannockburn. Thomas Campbell: Gertrude of Wyoming, part iii. stanza 37. Scott says, “This expression is a kind of common property, being the motto, we believe, of a Scottish family.”—Review of Gertrude, Scott’s Miscellanies, vol. i. p. 153. [back] |