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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3976
AUTHOR:Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
QUOTATION:Illustrious predecessors. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Covent Garden Journal. Jan. 11, 1752.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Henry Fielding Collection.
 
Note 1.
Illustrious predecessor.—Edmund Burke: The Present Discontents.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men…. In receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.—Martin Van Buren: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837. [back]
 

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