Duke of Bohemia

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    When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship’s crew, “now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.”
    Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    That very knowing,
    Overflowing,
    Easygoing
    Paladin,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Well, isn’t Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else—and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian?
    Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)