
“He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.”
A charitable Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Source: The Wind in the Willows (1908), Ch. 12
“He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.”
A charitable Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Pagett M.P, prelude
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)
“Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.”
Letter to Sir Horace Mann (1742)
“Apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back.”
Xfm 02 November 2002
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