Quote#Success & Failure
I purpose setting off in the course of a few days for Paris where I…
Quote byJoseph Ritson · 1752–1803
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The French, The Letters of Joseph Ritson, Volume I p. 202.
English (original)
I purpose setting off in the course of a few days for Paris where I mean to reside till the beginning of October. I shall not fail of paying my respects to the Irish monarch at Versailles, and will use my endeavours to procure a correct drawing of his august person.
— Joseph Ritson
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