Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Monsieur , ce mot - là n'est pas français . ' ( Sir , that word is not French ) . Another version : " Im- possible , monsieur ? sachez que ce mot n'est pas français . " ( Im- possible , sir , know that that word , etc ) . Attributed to ...
... Monsieur , ce mot - là n'est pas français . ' ( Sir , that word is not French ) . Another version : " Im- possible , monsieur ? sachez que ce mot n'est pas français . " ( Im- possible , sir , know that that word , etc ) . Attributed to ...
Page 152
... Monsieur est encore tout chaud ! ( Monsieur [ the body of ] is still quite warm ! ) Said by the Duc de Montfort -just after the death of Philip , duke of Orleans ( 1640-1701 ) —when asked if he would play at brelan ( a gamè of cards ) ...
... Monsieur est encore tout chaud ! ( Monsieur [ the body of ] is still quite warm ! ) Said by the Duc de Montfort -just after the death of Philip , duke of Orleans ( 1640-1701 ) —when asked if he would play at brelan ( a gamè of cards ) ...
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... monsieur de Mirabeau ? ( You will come and embrace me then , Monsieur de Mira- beau ? ) Reply made by the ABBÉ MAURY ( 1746-1817 ) to MIRABEAU ( 1749- 91 ) , when the latter announced his intention of enclosing him in a ' vicious circle ...
... monsieur de Mirabeau ? ( You will come and embrace me then , Monsieur de Mira- beau ? ) Reply made by the ABBÉ MAURY ( 1746-1817 ) to MIRABEAU ( 1749- 91 ) , when the latter announced his intention of enclosing him in a ' vicious circle ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 30 |
FRENCH SAYINGS | 82 |
GERMAN 99 | 190 |
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