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

10461 Appendix John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:10461
AUTHOR:Appendix
QUOTATION:The woods are full of them!
ATTRIBUTION:Alexander Wilson, in the Preface to his “American Ornithology” (1808), quotes these words, and relates the story of a boy who had been gathering flowers. On bringing them to his mother, he said: “Look, my dear ma! What beautiful flowers I have found growing in our place! Why, all the woods are full of them! “