| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 8318 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptred hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Phillips (17891859): The Character of Napoleon. |
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