Hi, Yes, that's Sir Walter Scott, from "Marmlon," verse xvii (published 1808). ____________________________________________________________ joesmith (really.) http://www.anyman.com pith... the ezine: poetry. prose. art. http://www.pith.net The Gist of It - Brutal Truths, Gallows Humor http://www.anyman.com/gist.htm ____________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gunnar Hjalmarsson" <quotation-ring@gunnar.cc> To: <quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc> Cc: "Mary C. Collier" <marycollier@earthlink.net> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:47 PM Subject: [QRList] Tangled web > > Forwarded query from Mary: > > I am trying to research the phrase...what a tangled web we > weave..... which I believe is from Sir Walter Scott, I > would like to know specifically which writing, poem or > essay or novel.. > > Anybody who can help? > > / Gunnar