Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper

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It is said that Napoleon referred to the English as 'shopkeepers' ('L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers'); nonetheless, the phrase's origin is probably closer to the islands, since it appears in 'The Wealth of Nations' (1776)

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