Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... battle of Lens ( Aug. 20 , 1648 ) , but the authenticity of the words is doubtful . In Mme . de Motteville's account of Condé's harangue ( cf. her Mém- oires , No. 38 of the Collection Petitot , 2nd series ) there are no such words ...
... battle of Lens ( Aug. 20 , 1648 ) , but the authenticity of the words is doubtful . In Mme . de Motteville's account of Condé's harangue ( cf. her Mém- oires , No. 38 of the Collection Petitot , 2nd series ) there are no such words ...
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... battle . ) - Pierre Mathieu . Answer made by HENRI IV ( 1553-1610 ) to the German COLonel TICH DE SCHOMBERG before the battle of Ivry , on being asked for the troops ' pay . Just before the engagement the king , remembering and ...
... battle . ) - Pierre Mathieu . Answer made by HENRI IV ( 1553-1610 ) to the German COLonel TICH DE SCHOMBERG before the battle of Ivry , on being asked for the troops ' pay . Just before the engagement the king , remembering and ...
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... battle of Dyrrachium ( now Durazzo ) , 1082 . Soldats , c'est le soleil d'Aus- terlitz ! ( Soldiers , it is the sun of Austerlitz ! ) NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) —to his army ( Sep. 7 , 1812 ) on arriving at the battle - field of Moscow ...
... battle of Dyrrachium ( now Durazzo ) , 1082 . Soldats , c'est le soleil d'Aus- terlitz ! ( Soldiers , it is the sun of Austerlitz ! ) NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) —to his army ( Sep. 7 , 1812 ) on arriving at the battle - field of Moscow ...
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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