Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.
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Nathaniel Wraxall, "Historical Memoirs of My Own Time", part 2.
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Edmund Burke's reaction to Pitt's maiden speech in Parliament. The 'old block' was William Pitt the Elder.William Pitt
He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.
Edmund Burke
Write your way out of a thinking block—because you'll never think your way out of a writing block.
Merlin Mann
Artist’s block? Look outside yourself first. Then look in. No block can resist that.
John Howe
The soft, woven helmet was the first thing that caught his eye, but he discarded that without much interest. It was just a cap. Next he lifted a square, transparent crystal block, small enough to cup in his palm — much too small to contain the maze of apparatus within it. In a moment Scott had solved that problem. The crystal was a sort of magnifying glass, vastly enlarging the things inside the block.
Lewis Padgett
Pitt, William, the Younger
Pittacus of Mytilene
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