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I'm pretty sure I've got the meaning of this one but gotta be sure I haven't misunderstood and go off on the wrong track.
'The Duke of Bassano chose all the prefects of France and expected no
more of them than an ability to pluck a chicken without making it squawk
These infortunate men who filled themselves with vanity killed themselves with work etc....'
'The Duke of Bassano chose all the prefects of France and expected no
more of them than an ability to pluck a chicken without making it squawk
These infortunate men who filled themselves with vanity killed themselves with work etc....'
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To be honest, it doesn't really make sense
(Maybe typing?)
(Maybe typing?)
I see it as ,he asked the impossible of his prefects?
To pluck a chicken w/o making it squawk is impossible ?
To pluck a chicken w/o making it squawk is impossible ?
especially when, afterwards, it goes on that they killed themselves with work?
He had to do as he was told. He was Napoleons sec. of state and got slapped around a bit if he messed up :^0
Okay lads I'll go with the impossible meaning. Cheers :D
It means, he wanted Prefects who could extract what he wanted from the populous, without the people rising up.
Ahh ,vg Orioles. Cheers. Why don't these basturts just say what they mean ! :D
I know. I should qualify my interpretation by saying it is only that; my interpretation.
Yep, but it makes perfect sense. I just felt it was an over the top metaphor to just signify 'asking the impossible'. It just felt wrong.
Wp sir!
Wp sir!
When you pluck a chicken it is usually dead.......?
Has Big Charlie ever plucked Orioles with nary a squawk ?
I dinna think so.
I dinna think so.
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