Quote#Wisdom
Very great Rebellion in France by the Papers
Quote byJames Woodforde · 1740–1803
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Diary entry on the fall of the Bastille (24 July 1789), quoted in The Diary of a Country Parson: The Reverend James Woodforde. Vol. III 1788–1792, ed. John Beresford (1927), p. 124.
English (original)
Very great Rebellion in France by the Papers.
— James Woodforde
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