I was, of course, familiar with the pictures of the famous statesman, but the man himself was very different from his representation.
"I'll go and commune with the famous statesmen."
Then it is filled to overflowing with good old country families, famous statesmen and writers, a sprinkling of nobility.
Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, a famous antebellum American statesman.
Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, famous statesman, scientist, and printer.
Designed by Pittendrigh MacGillivray, in memory of the famous Liberal statesman.
In fact he had broken the most famous statesman of Europe, and within six months succeeded to Lloyd George's place if not to his fame.
Almost next door is the Mannerheim Museum, a pretty clapboard house where Finland's most famous statesman lived until his death in 1951.
I once myself wrote the same judgment - "does not suffer fools gladly" - about Dean Acheson, a famous American statesman of the mid-20th century.
Times Books and Charles Scribner's Sons had a near miss with big books by famous statesmen.