tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post396669899687627360..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “What an unparallel’d Stock of Assurance & Self-Confidence”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25905019037078546652019-09-25T14:20:38.731-05:002019-09-25T14:20:38.731-05:00To steal a phrase, the gentleman doth protest too ...To steal a phrase, the gentleman doth protest too much.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904719730434782890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-19731084290489063302019-09-25T13:45:29.259-05:002019-09-25T13:45:29.259-05:00"Mushroom" was a common eighteenth-centu..."Mushroom" was a common eighteenth-century pejorative for someone who had risen too fast in society and was being presumptuous, like a mushroom sprouting overnight. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31036430117622781582019-09-25T13:26:56.769-05:002019-09-25T13:26:56.769-05:00Mushroom Judge?Mushroom Judge?ShugBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593047664475402458noreply@blogger.com