William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838–1903) British politician
On an old Song. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The Basques are Argonauts with very fragile ships.”
Interview in Hegats 45 (2010), p. 197. ISSN 1130-2445
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