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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4471
AUTHOR:William Cowper (1731–1800)
QUOTATION:His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Conversation. Line 303.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
See Pope, Quotation 251. [back]
 

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