英语词汇now barabbas was a publisher的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

now Barabbas was a publisher. These lines are often attrib- uted to Lord Byron. Byron supposedly received a lavish copy of the Bible from publisher John Murray in gratitude for a favor, only to return it with thief changed to publisher in John 18:40. English poet Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) had earlier made a similar quip after Napoleon had had German publisher Jo- hann Pal put to death for printing subversive pamphlets. At an authors’ dinner, Campbell proposed this toast: “To Napoleon. [Voices of protest] I agree with you that Napoleon is a tyrant, a monster, the sworn foe of our nation. But, gentlemen—he once shot a publisher!”

词汇	now barabbas was a publisher
词源	now Barabbas was a publisher. These lines are often attrib- uted to Lord Byron. Byron supposedly received a lavish copy of the Bible from publisher John Murray in gratitude for a favor, only to return it with thief changed to publisher in John 18:40. English poet Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) had earlier made a similar quip after Napoleon had had German publisher Jo- hann Pal put to death for printing subversive pamphlets. At an authors’ dinner, Campbell proposed this toast: “To Napoleon. [Voices of protest] I agree with you that Napoleon is a tyrant, a monster, the sworn foe of our nation. But, gentlemen—he once shot a publisher!”
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