Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... words . I shall retire early ; I am very tired . THOMAS BABINGTON , LORD MACAULAY ( 1800-59 ) —Last words ; to his butler . I shall soon know the grand secret . ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD ( 1770- 1820 , -Dying words , at his execu- tion for ...
... words . I shall retire early ; I am very tired . THOMAS BABINGTON , LORD MACAULAY ( 1800-59 ) —Last words ; to his butler . I shall soon know the grand secret . ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD ( 1770- 1820 , -Dying words , at his execu- tion for ...
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... Dying words of C.-J. DORAT ( 1734-80 ) to his servant . Preceded " Ils by : sont plaisants , ces médecins ! ils voient tout de mauvais œil . Le mien me trouve très - affaibli , et moi , je , " etc. ( These doctors are very funny ! they ...
... Dying words of C.-J. DORAT ( 1734-80 ) to his servant . Preceded " Ils by : sont plaisants , ces médecins ! ils voient tout de mauvais œil . Le mien me trouve très - affaibli , et moi , je , " etc. ( These doctors are very funny ! they ...
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... words . He died making the effort to raise himself . ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars : Vespasianus , 24 ) . Cf. in " Un amiral francais doit mourir sur son banc de quart . ( A_French admiral should die at his post ) -Dying words of Vice ...
... words . He died making the effort to raise himself . ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars : Vespasianus , 24 ) . Cf. in " Un amiral francais doit mourir sur son banc de quart . ( A_French admiral should die at his post ) -Dying words of Vice ...
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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