Quote#Speech
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the…
Quote byDouglas William Jerrold · 1803–1857
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A matter-of-fact Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
— Douglas William Jerrold
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