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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Worse than a Crime.
 
It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder. Said by Talleyrand of the murder of the Duc d’Enghien by Napoleon I.   1
 


 Wormwood.Wor’ship 

 
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