John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4278 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4278 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| QUOTATION: | The canvas glow’d beyond ev’n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem’d with human form. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Traveller. Line 137. |
| Note 1. See Pope, Quotation 173. [back] |