Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... attributed to Fox . C.-A. Ste - Beuve , in M. de Talleyrand , ( Lévy , 1870 , p . 37 note ) gives it as " C'est un bas de soie rempli de boue " ( It is a silk stock- ing filled with mud ) and as having been said by LORD GRANVILLE , but ...
... attributed to Fox . C.-A. Ste - Beuve , in M. de Talleyrand , ( Lévy , 1870 , p . 37 note ) gives it as " C'est un bas de soie rempli de boue " ( It is a silk stock- ing filled with mud ) and as having been said by LORD GRANVILLE , but ...
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... Attributed to the EUGENIE ( b . 1826 ) wife of Napo- leon III , referring to the declaration of war between France and Germany in 1870. It is said , however , that it originates from a remark made by a politician at the time : C'est la ...
... Attributed to the EUGENIE ( b . 1826 ) wife of Napo- leon III , referring to the declaration of war between France and Germany in 1870. It is said , however , that it originates from a remark made by a politician at the time : C'est la ...
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... Attributed to MOLIÈRE ( 1622-73 ) . He gave a louis to a poor man and the latter ran after him , saying that he must have given it him in mistake . Molière gave him another , making Voltaire the above exclamation . ( édit . Garnier ) ...
... Attributed to MOLIÈRE ( 1622-73 ) . He gave a louis to a poor man and the latter ran after him , saying that he must have given it him in mistake . Molière gave him another , making Voltaire the above exclamation . ( édit . Garnier ) ...
Contents
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 1 |
FRENCH SAYINGS | 82 |
GERMAN 99 | 190 |
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord Louis XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur Monsieur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on qu'un Queen quoted referring Reichstag reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM ἂν γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς
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| Title | Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
| Author | Edward Latham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 15 May 2012 |
| ISBN | 0810331411, 9780810331419 |
| Length | 269 pages |
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