Quote in Gainborough's letter, 24 Feb. 1757 from Ipswich, to a correspondent in the neighbouring town of Colchester; as cited in Thomas Gainsborough, by William T, Whitley https://ia800204.us.archive.org/6/items/thomasgainsborou00whitrich/thomasgainsborou00whitrich.pdf; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons – London, Smith, Elder & Co, Sept. 1915, p. 20
1755 - 1769
“If defeating me was a possibility; I would have died long ago!..... Send them..... Your Lions I Declaw... Your Serpents I Defang... Your Greats I Belittle.”
As quoted in "Ali Raymi eyes Dutch boy gym after setting record" by Alexey Sukachev, at Boxing Scene (16 Nov 2013) http://www.boxingscene.com/ali-raymi-eyes-dutch-boy-gym-setting-record--71735
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