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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3827
AUTHOR:John Gay (1685–1732)
QUOTATION:Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O’er books consum’d the midnight oil? 1
ATTRIBUTION:Fables. Part i. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
”Midnight oil,”—a common phrase, used by Quarles, Shenstone, Cowper, Lloyd, and others. [back]
 

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