"Search the heads of the greatest rivers in the world, you shall find them but bubbles of water." Who…
The comparison of the sources of great rivers with mere bubbles comes from John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. It diminishes pretensions based on ancestry or rank. Francis…
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"Search the heads of the greatest rivers in the world, you shall find them but bubbles of water." Who is the author of this line ?
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The comparison of the sources of great rivers with mere bubbles comes from John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. It diminishes pretensions based on ancestry or rank. Francis Bacon, Oscar Wilde and R. B. Sheridan are not the author of this dramatic line.
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