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Thread #107815 Message #2239036
Posted By: Newport Boy
18-Jan-08 - 03:59 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Only Beggars Dressed in Rags
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Only Beggars Dressed in Rags
Thanks for that, Peace. I hadn't come across this one before.
This could well be the origin of "Children should be seen and not heard", which I've usually found quoted as early Victorian.