Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... saying expressing astonishment at the appearance of anyone , not even being a European . Allusion to Les Lettres persanes written by Montesquieu ( 1689-1755 ) published in 1721 . Comme un seul homme . ( As one man . ) Oft - quoted saying ...
... saying expressing astonishment at the appearance of anyone , not even being a European . Allusion to Les Lettres persanes written by Montesquieu ( 1689-1755 ) published in 1721 . Comme un seul homme . ( As one man . ) Oft - quoted saying ...
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... saying that he must have given it him in mistake . Molière gave him another , making Voltaire the above exclamation . ( édit . Garnier ) vol . 23 , p . 95 ( Vie de Molière ) . 66 Sometimes quoted : Où diable la vertu va - t - elle se ...
... saying that he must have given it him in mistake . Molière gave him another , making Voltaire the above exclamation . ( édit . Garnier ) vol . 23 , p . 95 ( Vie de Molière ) . 66 Sometimes quoted : Où diable la vertu va - t - elle se ...
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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. Saying popularised by LEVASSOR at the Variétés ( Paris ) in 1839. In a comic sketch a showman uses the phrase to his wife every time ...
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. Saying popularised by LEVASSOR at the Variétés ( Paris ) in 1839. In a comic sketch a showman uses the phrase to his wife every time ...
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