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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles II. But the seamen were not gentlemen, and the gentlemen were not seamen.
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles II. But the seamen were not gentlemen, and the gentlemen were not seamen.
Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Thomas B. Macaulay
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- Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
History of England. Vol. i. Chap. ii.
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