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__NOTOC__<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | __NOTOC__<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
The expression ''Come, turn about, Robin Hood'' seems to have implied that to ask Robin Hood to turn about was tantamount to asking the impossible.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 289.</ref> | The expression ''Come, turn about, Robin Hood'' seems to have implied that to ask Robin Hood to turn about was tantamount to asking the impossible.<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 289.</ref> | ||
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* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 289. | * {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 289. | ||
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-03-12.
The expression Come, turn about, Robin Hood seems to have implied that to ask Robin Hood to turn about was tantamount to asking the impossible.[1]
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