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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4190 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| QUOTATION: | But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne’er unroll; 1 Chill penury repress’d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 13. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. See Sir Thomas Browne, Quotation 2. [back] |
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