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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

10456 Appendix John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:10456
AUTHOR:Appendix
QUOTATION:Rowland for an Oliver.
ATTRIBUTION:These were two of the most famous in the list of Charlemagne’s twelve peers; and their exploits are rendered so ridiculously and equally extravagant by the old romancers, that from thence arose that saying amongst our plain and sensible ancestors of giving one a “Rowland for his Oliver,” to signify the matching one incredible lie with another.—Thomas Warburton.