To: Dick Bachert
Not Twain. Dickens, in Oliver Twist. The words were uttered by Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle.
40 posted on
06/17/2014 4:03:10 PM PDT by
Publius
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To: Publius
Thanks for the correction. It certainly sounded like Twain, however. That said, I’d be willing to bet that Twain used it more than once.
I’ll do the research BEFORE posting from now on.
42 posted on
06/18/2014 5:03:35 AM PDT by
Dick Bachert
(Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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