[Nares explains it more correctly as a proverbial phrase for anything
very mutable and accommodating; chiefly applied to flexibility of
faith. He adds, "It should be noticed, however, that the similitude was
originally borrowed from the Roman Catholic writers, who applied it to
the Holy Scriptures, on account of their being liable to various
interpretations."]
"_Praise from Sir Hubert Stanley!_"--I have somewhere heard or read this,
or a very similar phrase, ironically expressive of surprise at approbation
from an unexpected quarter. I would much like a clue to its source and
correct shape.