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He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the…

Quote byPhilip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield · 1694–1773

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Character of Bolingbroke; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

English (original)

He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.

— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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