Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i.
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“He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.”
The Bastard (1728), line 7, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.”
Character of Foster, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame", Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, line 158.
Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i.