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I verily believe that, if the knife were put into my hand, I should not have strength and energy enough to stick it into a Dissenter.
I verily believe that, if the knife were put into my hand, I should not have strength and energy enough to stick it into a Dissenter.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Sydney Smith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 124 · printed citation: Sydney Smith. · compiler notes excluded
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