| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 29 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | And for to see, and eek for to be seie. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. The Wif of Bathes Prologue. Line 6134. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
To see and to be seen.—Ben Jonson: Epithalamion, st. iii. line 4. Oliver Goldsmith: Citizen of the World, letter 71.
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsæ (They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen).—Ovid: The Art of Love, i. 99. [back] |
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