Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 84
... ABBÉ MAURY'S ( 1746-1817 ) reply to the mob who used it to him . He said : Eh bien ! quand vous m'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the lamp , will you see any better there ...
... ABBÉ MAURY'S ( 1746-1817 ) reply to the mob who used it to him . He said : Eh bien ! quand vous m'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the lamp , will you see any better there ...
Page 86
... ABBÉ SIEYES ( 1748-1836 ) , but also to be found in Destouches , Le Dissipateur ( 1736 ) act 5 , sc . 9 . " " " Les femmes ont toujours quelque arrière - pensée . ( Women have always some hidden thought ) and , still earlier , in the ...
... ABBÉ SIEYES ( 1748-1836 ) , but also to be found in Destouches , Le Dissipateur ( 1736 ) act 5 , sc . 9 . " " " Les femmes ont toujours quelque arrière - pensée . ( Women have always some hidden thought ) and , still earlier , in the ...
Page 87
... ABBÉ ADRIEN LAMOURETTE ( 1742-94 ) , July 7 , 1792 , causing political opponents to embrace each other . Three days after , however , the opposing parties were as great enemies as ever . Béni serait le jour qui . . ( Blessed would be ...
... ABBÉ ADRIEN LAMOURETTE ( 1742-94 ) , July 7 , 1792 , causing political opponents to embrace each other . Three days after , however , the opposing parties were as great enemies as ever . Béni serait le jour qui . . ( Blessed would be ...
Page 88
... Abbé de Caveirac ] says , " Brûler n'est pas répondre . " Ça fait tant de plaisir et ça coûte si peu . ( That gives so much pleasure , and costs so little . ) Saying derived from a remark by Mlle . GAUSSIN ( d . 1767 , aged 56 ) , a ...
... Abbé de Caveirac ] says , " Brûler n'est pas répondre . " Ça fait tant de plaisir et ça coûte si peu . ( That gives so much pleasure , and costs so little . ) Saying derived from a remark by Mlle . GAUSSIN ( d . 1767 , aged 56 ) , a ...
Page 94
... Abbé L. C. Berry's biography of Mac- Mahon ( 1895 , p . 64 ) . The word 66 nègre " ( = negro ) is applied at Saint Cyr to the first pupil of his year . Unfortunately , it appears that the pupil addressed was a mulatto , and the term ...
... Abbé L. C. Berry's biography of Mac- Mahon ( 1895 , p . 64 ) . The word 66 nègre " ( = negro ) is applied at Saint Cyr to the first pupil of his year . Unfortunately , it appears that the pupil addressed was a mulatto , and the term ...
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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 mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς