Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHAL LANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) ...
... Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHAL LANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) ...
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... sire , ce sacrifice ; c'est un dernier trait de ressem- blance avec votre divin modèle . ( Make this sacrifice , sire ; it is a last trait of resem- blance to your divine model [ Jésus Christ ] . ) Advice given by the ABBÉ EDGE- WORTH ...
... sire , ce sacrifice ; c'est un dernier trait de ressem- blance avec votre divin modèle . ( Make this sacrifice , sire ; it is a last trait of resem- blance to your divine model [ Jésus Christ ] . ) Advice given by the ABBÉ EDGE- WORTH ...
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... sire , le moulin n'y est plus ; mais le vent y est encore . ( Yes , sire , the mill is there no longer , but the wind is there still ) . Reply made by the DUC DE VIVONNE ( 1636-88 ) to Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) in the park at Ver- sailles ...
... sire , le moulin n'y est plus ; mais le vent y est encore . ( Yes , sire , the mill is there no longer , but the wind is there still ) . Reply made by the DUC DE VIVONNE ( 1636-88 ) to Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) in the park at Ver- sailles ...
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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