William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826) British dramatist
Bombastes Furioso (1810), Act i, scene 4, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.”
Speech in Westminster Hall (30 November 1954), quoted in The Times (1 December 1954), p. 11
Post-war years (1945–1955)
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