Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Duke . 66 Surname applied to the Duke of Wellington ( 1769-1852 ) " said to have been borrowed from a steam- boat ( Gleig iv . p . 305 ) , but " it attached itself to him by its fitness . " " The ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , lx . , 203 ) ...
... Duke . 66 Surname applied to the Duke of Wellington ( 1769-1852 ) " said to have been borrowed from a steam- boat ( Gleig iv . p . 305 ) , but " it attached itself to him by its fitness . " " The ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , lx . , 203 ) ...
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... Duke's secretary ) Mar. 14 , 1852 , the Duke himself wrote " What I must have said , and possibly did say , was , ' Stand up , guards ! ' and then gave the commanding officer the order to attack . " See also Maxwell's Life ( vol . ii ...
... Duke's secretary ) Mar. 14 , 1852 , the Duke himself wrote " What I must have said , and possibly did say , was , ' Stand up , guards ! ' and then gave the commanding officer the order to attack . " See also Maxwell's Life ( vol . ii ...
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... Duke of : 89 . Orleans , Duke Philippe . of . V. Louis- Orleans , Duke of . V. Louis- Philippe - Joseph . Orleans , Duke of . V. Philippe . Ormond , Duke of : 16 . Oxenstiern , Axel , Count : 238 . Orthe , Viscount : 120 . Osten , Count ...
... Duke of : 89 . Orleans , Duke Philippe . of . V. Louis- Orleans , Duke of . V. Louis- Philippe - Joseph . Orleans , Duke of . V. Philippe . Ormond , Duke of : 16 . Oxenstiern , Axel , Count : 238 . Orthe , Viscount : 120 . Osten , Count ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 30 |
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