In The Markenmore Mystery (1922) by J. S. Fletcher, the chief constable was talking to a rural woman, saying:
“Now, Mrs. Braxfield, listen to me; we know certain things. You’ve been in the habit of going to that spinney, or round about it, very early of a morning, to have a shot at foxes; the fo...
Babar is a fictional elephant, featuring in stories by Jean de Brunhoff and later his son. The name "Babar" is similar to baba, a word originally meaning "father" but used as an honorific in many Asian countries, and also similar to Babur, a Mughal emperor whose name is sometimes transliterated a...
The 11th-century king Cnut/Knut/Canute of Denmark, Norway, and England is today best known for the story of how he sat on the beach commanding the waves to turn back. The original account of this story, written in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon, uses it to illustrate Cnut's humility:
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In a story I wrote recently, I wrote a statement:
“With will comes the power to face adversities and to overcome them”
I’m not sure if this statement, or a similar one, is in use already. I don’t want to be deemed as a plagiarist. Can anyone confirm it?
