William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Quote

To the young Queen Victoria on why he refused to read Oliver Twist:

It's all among workhouses and Coffin Makers and Pickpockets… I wish to avoid them.


The Victorians (2002), A. N. Wilson


It's all among workhouses and Coffin Makers and Pickpockets… I wish to avoid them.

It's all among workhouses and Coffin Makers and Pickpockets… I wish to avoid them.

It's all among workhouses and Coffin Makers and Pickpockets… I wish to avoid them.

It's all among workhouses and Coffin Makers and Pickpockets… I wish to avoid them.