E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Sea-green Incorruptible (The).
So Carlyle called Robespierre in his French Rev&ocedil;lution.
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“The song is a short one, and may perhaps serve to qualify our judgment of the ‘sea-green incorruptible.’”—Notes and Queries, September 19th, 1891, p. 226.
