| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | Note 1. The reply of Marshal MacMahon, in the trenches before the Malakoff, in the siege of Sebastopol, September, 1855, to the commander-in-chief, who had sent him word to beware of an explosion which might follow the retreat of the Russians. [back] |
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