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Context: Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
“…as Sir Boyle Roche would say, like the last rose of summer…”
[Disraeli, Benjamin, The Young Duke, 1831]
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Boyle Roche 11
Irish politician 1736–1807Related quotes

“Tis the last rose of Summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.”
The Last Rose of Summer, st. 1.
Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

Song Roses of Picardy http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/rosesofpicardy.htm

The Lost Pleiad
Source: The Venetian Bracelet (1829)

“All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.”
IV, 44
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV

The Lady's Yes http://www.webterrace.com/browning/The%20Ladys%20Yes.htm, st. 1 (1844).