John Hookham Frere

thumb|John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (May 21, 1769 – January 7, 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Quotes And don’t confound the language of the nationWith long-tailed words in osity and ation. The Monks and the Giants (published c. 1871), canto i, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). A sudden thought strikes me,—let us swear an eternal friendship. The Rovers, Act i, Sc. 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together", Thomas Otway, The Orphan, Act iv., Sc. 2.; "My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship", Jean Baptiste Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (published c. 1871), act iv. sc. 1. External links Category:Poets from England Category:British Ambassadors to Prussia and Germany Category:1846 deaths