"Mare's nest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... much more amusing if Ministers and Members were more accomplished in the art of repartee. A few are quick enough. When Mr. LEES SMITH complained that one of his statements had been described by the FOREIGN SECRETARY as a mare's nest Lord ROBERT CECIL swiftly replied that he did not remember the incident, but had no doubt that if his right hon. friend used the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 5, 1917 • Various |
