Quote#Friendship
My learned and accomplished friend, , has written a most interesting…
Quote byDorothy Nevill · 1826–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (42 pages).
English (original)
My learned and accomplished friend, , has written a most interesting history, entitled One Generation of a Norfolk House. It is more or less the history of the in early times.
— Dorothy Nevill
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