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Incorruptible (The)

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Robespierre (1754–1794). Robert Walpole says that William Shippen was the only man he knew who was proof against a bribe.

“Even the ‘Incorruptibleʹ himself fell from his original ideal.”—Nineteenth Century, August, 1893, p. 272.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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In Vacuo (Latin)
In-and-In
Ins and Outs of the Matter (The)
Inaugurate
Inca
Incantation
Incarnadine (To)
Inch of Candle (Sold by)
Inchcape Rock
Incog.—i.e. Incognito (Italian)
Incorruptible (The)
Incubus
Indenture
Independence
Independence Day (July 4th)
Independents
Index (The)
India Ink or Chinese ink
India Paper
India Proof
Indian Arrowroot