"You're a good chap, Barker," said the magistrate. "No, I won't do it again. Who's the fellow who talks of 'one crowded hour of glorious life'? By George! it's too fascinating. I had the time of my life! Talk of fox-hunting! No, I'll never touch it again, for it might get a grip of me."
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "One Crowded Hour", The Strand Magazine (August 1911)
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Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
1730 – 1809
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809) was a British officer and poet.
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