“T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.”
Tale xxi, "The Learned Boy".
Tales in Verse (1812)
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English poet, surgeon, and clergyman 1754–1832Related quotes
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at any price -
that's what I call
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The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889), p. 5
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan
Marching Off the Map : And Other Sermons (1952), p. 110
