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John Hookham Frere
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“And don’t confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.”
John Hookham Frere (1769–1846) said by 1846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Monks and the Giants (published c. 1871), canto i, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: J. Hookham Frere
“A sudden thought strikes me,—let us swear an eternal friendship.”
John Hookham Frere (1769–1846) said by 1846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rovers, Act i, Sc. 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together", Thomas Otway, The Orphan, Act iv., Sc. 2.; "My …
Also quoted by: J. Hookham Frere