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... real or apocryphal , improved or altered , rightly or wrongly attributed , as the case may be ; answering the questions by whom said , and under what circumstances ; giving authorities as far as he has been able to ascertain them ...
... real or apocryphal , improved or altered , rightly or wrongly attributed , as the case may be ; answering the questions by whom said , and under what circumstances ; giving authorities as far as he has been able to ascertain them ...
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GENERAL WINFIELD Scort ( 1786-1866 ) -in a letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 145285 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug ...
GENERAL WINFIELD Scort ( 1786-1866 ) -in a letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 145285 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug ...
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Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper , asterwards first EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , ( 1671-1713 ) -attributed to , by John Toland , Clidophorus , 1720 , ch . 13 . When asked by a lady what that was , he replied “ Madam , wise men never tell .
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper , asterwards first EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , ( 1671-1713 ) -attributed to , by John Toland , Clidophorus , 1720 , ch . 13 . When asked by a lady what that was , he replied “ Madam , wise men never tell .
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Attributed also chequer 1686 and removed in 1690 , to John Scott ( 1751-1838 ) , ist Earl before he was made judge , said that of Eldon . Cf. “ The noble Lord he would " drive a coach and six [ Palmerston cannot bear coalitions ” horses ...
Attributed also chequer 1686 and removed in 1690 , to John Scott ( 1751-1838 ) , ist Earl before he was made judge , said that of Eldon . Cf. “ The noble Lord he would " drive a coach and six [ Palmerston cannot bear coalitions ” horses ...
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Also attributed to Dr. John Donne ( 1573-1631 ) ; but see A man who could make so vile a pun dic . He will be left alone like a whale upon the strand . EDMUND ) WALLER ( 1605-87 ) - of Janies II ( 1633-1701 ) .
Also attributed to Dr. John Donne ( 1573-1631 ) ; but see A man who could make so vile a pun dic . He will be left alone like a whale upon the strand . EDMUND ) WALLER ( 1605-87 ) - of Janies II ( 1633-1701 ) .
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| Title | Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Casket Series Volume 7 of Sonnenschein's dictionaries of quotations |
| Author | Edward Latham |
| Publisher | Sonnenschein, 1904 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
| Length | 269 pages |
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