"Stunk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fallen into so much disgrace in a neighbouring country. In the course of his speech Fox made one unhappy allusion to the extinction of nobility in France, and its forced revival by us in Canada: "nobility," he said, "stunk in the nostrils of the people of America." At this time, indeed, Fox and his party embraced every opportunity of extolling the "glorious revolution" in France, whence, on the re-commitment of the bill, Burke again sounded the trumpet ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan |
