W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
The disagreeable Man (from Princess Ida).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“If only I can find him… the man who will be intelligent, yet physically magnetic and personable. If I can offer that combination, why shouldn't I expect it in a man?”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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