perfidious Albion
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Oh, the huffing and the puffing, the outrage, the denunciation of perfidious Albion, the burning of their own vineyards by furious French winemakers!
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
Monty: Now, by Britannia's word and bond I swear�Stalin: O, swear not by perfidious Albion Who monthly visiteth America.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a result, Macmillan has deepened France's ancient mistrust of perfidious Albion, while the Kennedy Administration's consultations with Whitehall have become ever more perfunctory on such life-or-death issues as Berlin and Cuba.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Australia's fresh exposure of perfidious Albion, His Majesty was said by courtiers to have reacted with the saltiest of his salty oaths.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now, indeed, "perfidious Albion" had reason to tremble.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles
