Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 70
... Phrase referring to the Small Holdings and Allotments Bill intro- duced by Mr. Jesse Collings in 1882 . Quoted derisively by Sir Michael Hicks Beach , and promptly dis- avowed by him in that sense , the phrase has become a saying useful ...
... Phrase referring to the Small Holdings and Allotments Bill intro- duced by Mr. Jesse Collings in 1882 . Quoted derisively by Sir Michael Hicks Beach , and promptly dis- avowed by him in that sense , the phrase has become a saying useful ...
Page 139
... phrase Mar. 7 , 1827 : " la vie privée doit être murée . ' ( Private life ought to be within walls . ) 66 TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) , ac- cording to Stendhal , is credited with the phrase in a letter to M. Colomb , Oct. 31 , 1823. " La ...
... phrase Mar. 7 , 1827 : " la vie privée doit être murée . ' ( Private life ought to be within walls . ) 66 TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) , ac- cording to Stendhal , is credited with the phrase in a letter to M. Colomb , Oct. 31 , 1823. " La ...
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... phrase occurred in the course of a personal explanation , after resigning the post of minister of finance . " La " seconda dichiarazione che tengo a " fare è questa , che per me tutte " le opinioni sono rispettabili , ma " ministro o ...
... phrase occurred in the course of a personal explanation , after resigning the post of minister of finance . " La " seconda dichiarazione che tengo a " fare è questa , che per me tutte " le opinioni sono rispettabili , ma " ministro o ...
Contents
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