“Madam, you have bereft me of all words,
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins”
William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice
Source: The Merchant of Venice
“I feel with a peculiar sympathy all that relates to Scotland. The natives of Scotland, and all those who have Scotch blood in their veins—particularly if, like me, they only have Scotch blood in their veins—are not apt to forget the country from which they sprang. They know its great qualities. They know the solidity of its character.”
Speech in Westminster Palace Hotel (23 May 1878), quoted in The Times (24 May 1878), p. 12
1870s
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