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

Alfred Cohrane 1865- ? John Bartlett

 
1
    Her reasoning is full of tricks
  And butterfly suggestions,
I know no point to which she sticks;
  She begs the simplest questions,
And, when her premises are strong
She always draws her inference wrong.
          Upon Lebia Arguing.
2
    I once admitted—to my shame—
That football was a brutal game.
Because She hates it.
          To Anthea.