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“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my armsnevernevernever!”
—William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (17081778)
“Moneys is your suit.
What should I say to you? Should I not say,
Hath a dog money? Is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats? Or
Shall I bend low and in a bondmans key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness,
Say this:
Fair sir, you spat on me on Wednesday last,
You spurned me such a day, another time
You called me dog; and for these courtesies
Ill lend you thus much moneys?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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