The Wee Free Men (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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“Twelve hundred angry men!” comes from the film title Twelve Angry Men.

“We ha’ the law on oour side!” This phrase, OTOH, has been used so often that if there was ever an original source (which there probably wasn’t), it’s long gone. Chalk it up as a cliché.

“The law’s made to tak’ care o’ raskills!” is an almost verbatim quote from The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot, who spelt “rascals” like that all the time. Note that in that book “take care of” means “deal with”. The Feegles seem to be using it to mean “protect”…