Sir William Strickland

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    “I love my fellow creatures—I do all the good I can —
    Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
    As every child can tell,
    The House of Peers, throughout the war,
    Did nothing in particular,
    And did it very well:”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)