Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) Preceded by : " It is difficult to say what will be successful , and what otherwise , in these govern- ments of intrigue ; but , in my opinion , the , " & c . The Church of England hath a Popish liturgy , a ...
... WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) Preceded by : " It is difficult to say what will be successful , and what otherwise , in these govern- ments of intrigue ; but , in my opinion , the , " & c . The Church of England hath a Popish liturgy , a ...
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... ( 1769-1852 ) . Cf. : ton . For this is England's greatest son , He that gain'd a hundred fights , Nor ever lost an English gun . ( Tennyson , Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington ) The history of superannuation in this country is ...
... ( 1769-1852 ) . Cf. : ton . For this is England's greatest son , He that gain'd a hundred fights , Nor ever lost an English gun . ( Tennyson , Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington ) The history of superannuation in this country is ...
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... WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) to the Foot Guards at the battle of Waterloo , June 18 , 1815 . Generally quoted " Up guards and at them ! " ( Alison ; Charles Lever ) but the saying in either form is discredited . In answer to a letter from ...
... WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) to the Foot Guards at the battle of Waterloo , June 18 , 1815 . Generally quoted " Up guards and at them ! " ( Alison ; Charles Lever ) but the saying in either form is discredited . In answer to a letter from ...
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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