phrase-speaking

Updated: August 7, 2026

I remember calling the old Duke's attention to it; especially to that strange phrase-speaking of the then Irish landowners 'C'est une mauvaise aristocratic; il faut la detruire. Was it ever reviewed in the 'Edinburgh'? When will this horrible Government be overthrown? To Mr. T. Norton Longman

John Knox Laughton - Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. : In Two Volumes. Volume II.