Quote#Speech
An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
Quote byRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751–1816
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, ‘The Rivals’ (1775) act 3, sc. 3.
English (original)
An aspersion upon my parts of speech!
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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