Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... C'est un bas de soie rempli de boue " ( It is a silk stock- ing filled with mud ) and as having been said by LORD GRANVILLE , but that General Bertrand , in an account of a scene that he had wit- nessed between Napoleon and Talleyrand ...
... C'est un bas de soie rempli de boue " ( It is a silk stock- ing filled with mud ) and as having been said by LORD GRANVILLE , but that General Bertrand , in an account of a scene that he had wit- nessed between Napoleon and Talleyrand ...
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... C'est la guerre à l'impératrice . ( It is the Empress's war ) C'est nous qui sommes des ancêtres . ( It is we who are ancestors . ) Le Clairon , March II , 1882 . Attributed to MARSHAL SOULT ( 1769-1851 ) , the Duc de Montmor- ency ...
... C'est la guerre à l'impératrice . ( It is the Empress's war ) C'est nous qui sommes des ancêtres . ( It is we who are ancestors . ) Le Clairon , March II , 1882 . Attributed to MARSHAL SOULT ( 1769-1851 ) , the Duc de Montmor- ency ...
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... C'est toujours avec un nouveau plaisir . . . ( It is always with renewed pleasure . . . ) Favourite expression of Louis PHILIPPE ( 1773-1850 ) -much ridi- culed in the newspapers , notably La Caricature , May 16 , 1833 . C'est une croix ...
... C'est toujours avec un nouveau plaisir . . . ( It is always with renewed pleasure . . . ) Favourite expression of Louis PHILIPPE ( 1773-1850 ) -much ridi- culed in the newspapers , notably La Caricature , May 16 , 1833 . C'est une croix ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 30 |
FRENCH SAYINGS | 82 |
GERMAN 99 | 190 |
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