| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 372 |
| AUTHOR: | Exchange retold by Sir Charles Petrie |
| QUOTATION: | Earl of Sandwich: Pon my honor, Wilkes, I dont know whether youll die on the gallows or of the pox.
John Wilkes: That must depend my Lord, upon whether I first embrace your Lordships principles, or your Lordships mistresses. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Exchange retold by Sir Charles Petrie, The Four Georges, p. 133 (1935). |
| SUBJECTS: | Death | | |
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