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About David Everett

David Everett (1769–1813) was a newspaper editor and proprietor, and a published poet.

Born: 1769

Died: 1813

Categories: English poets, 1810s deaths

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You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
David Everett
Lines written for a School Declamation, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "The lofty oak from a small acorn grows", Lewis Duncombe (1711–1730), De Minimus Maxima (translation).
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