"He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence."

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Politicians from EnglandFreemasonsNon-fiction authors from EnglandPeople from LondonBritish Ambassadors to the Netherlands
Original Language: English

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Character of Bolingbroke; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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Character of Bolingbroke; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)