Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.
-- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
-- The True-Born Englishman, Part i, Line 1
And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.
-- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
-- The True-Born Englishman, Part i, Line 1
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