Carolina QuotesI sat next to the Duchess at tea. It was just as I feared it would be: Her rumblings abdominal Were truly phenomenal, And everyone thought it was me!
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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A variation with "thought" instead of feared and "abominable" instead of phenomenal is reported as a misattribution in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 132
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- 1989
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- p. 132
misattributed
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“I sat next to the Duchess at tea. It was just as I feared it…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-506A2FDAA7. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/506a2fdaa7
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