| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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If no one else were alive, John would quarrel with Lilburne. John Lilburne was a contentious Leveller in the Commonwealth; so rancorous against rank that he could never satisfy himself that any two persons were exactly on the same level. (See LAWSUITS.) | 1 |
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| “Is John departed? and is Lilburne gone? |
| Farewell to both—to Lilburne and to John. |
| Yet, being gone, take this advice from me: |
| Let them not both in one grave buried be. |
| Here lay ye John, lay Lilburne thereabout; |
| For if they both should meet, they would fall out.” | |
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