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Showing posts with label "The First Churchills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "The First Churchills. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Quote of the Day (Edward Creasy, on the Duke of Marlborough, The “First Churchill”)

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“There are few successful commanders on whom Fame has shone so unwillingly as upon John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy R...
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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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