| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 65808 |
| QUOTATION: | For imagine my shame when they asked what I meant
And I had to confess that I’d been, gone and went
And forgotten the news I was bringing to Ghent, |
| ATTRIBUTION: | R. J. Yeatman (1898–1968), British parodist, and W. C. Sellar (1898-1951), British parodist. How I Brought the Good News from Aix to Ghent (or Vice Versa) (l. 18–20). . .
Faber Book of Parodies, The. Simon Brett, ed. (1984) Faber and Faber. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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