"The placid pug that paces in the park."
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See: Elizabeth Knowles, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 7th ed. (2009), History of the Dictionary, p. xiv
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Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. On converting to Catholicism in 1911, he repudiated homosexuality, and in a Catholic magazine, Plain English, expressed openly antisemitic and reactionary views, but rejected the policies of Nazi Germany.
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