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bourbonmots commented on the word affair of gallantry
“…Viscount Palmerston (father of the prime minister), recorded in his diary that he breakfasted in Paris with ‘Mr. Morris…and American, a gentlemanlike sensible man,’ who lost a leg ‘in consequence of jumping from a window in an affair of gallantry.’”
-- Richard Brookhiser, Gentleman Revolutionary, p62 of the Free Press paperback
August 31, 2011
bourbonmots commented on the word affair of gallantry
Does anyone have an Illicit Liaisons list going?
August 31, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word affair of gallantry
You could always create your own. :-)
August 31, 2011