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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 6427 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) |
| QUOTATION: | The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The New Timon. (1846). Part i. |
| Note 1. In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: “The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.” [back] |
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