“Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) Scottish poet and lyricist
“One such was that braggart Robert, notorious for his power-lust, born in Normandy, but nursed and nourished by manifold Evil.”
— Anna Comnena, book Alexiad
Of the Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard
The Alexiad, Book 1
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