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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | We Left Our Country for Our Country's Good We are transported convicts. The line occurs in a prologue written by George Barrington (a notorious pickpocket) for the opening of the first playhouse at Sydney, in Australia, 16th January, 1796. "True patriots we, for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
George Barrington | True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 45 4C 45 46 54 4F 55 52 43 4F 55 4E 54 52 59 46 4F 52 4F 55 52 43 4F 55 4E 54 52 59 27 53 47 4F 4F 44 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01000101 00100000 01001100 01000101 01000110 01010100 00100000 01001111 01010101 01010010 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010101 01001110 01010100 01010010 01011001 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 00100000 01001111 01010101 01010010 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010101 01001110 01010100 01010010 01011001 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000111 01001111 01001111 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W E   L E F T   O U R   C O U N T R Y   F O R   O U R   C O U N T R Y ' S   G O O D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0045 004C 0045 0046 0054 004F 0055 0052 0043 004F 0055 004E 0054 0052 0059 0046 004F 0052 004F 0055 0052 0043 004F 0055 004E 0054 0052 0059 0027 0053 0047 004F 004F 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5739246394054249555223749554854525924049522495552237495548545259953241494938 |
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