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the English are a nation of shopkeepers — Attributed to Napoleon in B. E. O’Meara Napoleon in Exile (1822) I. 103 L’Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers. The concept of the shopkeeping nation is however earlier: 1766 J. TUCKER Letter from Merchant 46 A Shop keeper will never get the… … Proverbs new dictionary
nation — see a nation without a language is a nation without a heart happy is the country which has no history the English are a nation of shopkeepers … Proverbs new dictionary
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