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Famous John Hookham Frere Quotes
“A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.”
Source: The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by W.E. and sir B. Frere
“And don't confound the language of the nation with long-tail'd words in osity and ation.”