The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74823 Message #3148750
Posted By: Herga Kitty
05-May-11 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Three Score and Ten
Subject: RE: Origins: Three Score and Ten
I've always thought "long defied" or "long did fight" made more sense than "longed to fight", so was surprised to hear from Brian Dawson (at Sidmouth a couple of years ago) that the record of what WD wrote seemed to be longed to fight....