The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. ✨ Wil…

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The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1248, Delphi Classics
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