John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
311 Cyril Tourneur 1575?-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 311 |
| AUTHOR: | Cyril Tourneur (1575?–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo ’em, To suffer wet damnation to run through ’em. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Revenger’s Tragedy. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Distilled damnation.—Robert Hall (in Gregory’s “Life of Hall”). [back] |