Show 0 a OW IT STARTED starters START 0 0 B I 1 by 6 JEAN JAN NEWTON JL conspicuous by its absence W eliace all read heard beard and used this phrase which Is applicable lo in so many and so diverse ways that it would be a hopeless task to attempt to enumerate them the expression Is so apt that it would appear to have always been a part of the english language but interestingly enough this Is not so we vc have it in ID fact originally from the french where it first came into use the incident we are told being the fact that pascal and arnauld were not included in Perr aults history of illustrious men lien subsequently it was introduced into or rather popularized in ED a an n by lord john russell when he addressed the electors of the city of lon london don on april 0 1839 1959 using the phrase in a similar connotation 0 1531 1933 bell Syndi syndicates cats service |