"Michaelish" meaning "Grosvenor Myerish"-as in "after the manner of", referencing both his fondness for quaint and antique literature, predilection toward peculiarities of language, and his taste for rectifying popular misconceptions.

I suspect that, should he chance to check the link, our most esteemed MGM will find a certain sort of amusement in the fact that certain celebrated quotes attributed to heroes of the American Revolution were in fact lifted from Joseph Addison's 1713 play "Cato. A Tragedy".