Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block...

Of the younger Pitt's maiden speech:

Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.

N. W. Wraxall Historical Memoirs of My Own Time (1904 ed.)

Edmund Burke Quotes

Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.

Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.

Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.

Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.