Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -put in his mouth by Shakspere ( King Henry VIII , act 3 , sc . 2 , 1. 351 ; but see Had I served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne ...
... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -put in his mouth by Shakspere ( King Henry VIII , act 3 , sc . 2 , 1. 351 ; but see Had I served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne ...
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... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to the abbot and monks of Leicester Abbey , Nov. 26 , 1529 . Few die , and none resign . THOMAS JEFFERSON ( 1743-1826 ) -in a letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due ...
... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to the abbot and monks of Leicester Abbey , Nov. 26 , 1529 . Few die , and none resign . THOMAS JEFFERSON ( 1743-1826 ) -in a letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due ...
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... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to Sir William Kingston , who arrested him . See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c .; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , he would not in mine age Have ...
... CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to Sir William Kingston , who arrested him . See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c .; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , he would not in mine age Have ...
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... Cardinal and Archbishop ( 1494-1546 ) , assassinated in May , 1546 - Last words . I am come among you muzzled . ' un- W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) — at Manchester , July 18 , 1865 ( Sir W. Reid , Life , 1899 , p . 476 ) . I am dying ...
... Cardinal and Archbishop ( 1494-1546 ) , assassinated in May , 1546 - Last words . I am come among you muzzled . ' un- W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) — at Manchester , July 18 , 1865 ( Sir W. Reid , Life , 1899 , p . 476 ) . I am dying ...
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... CARDINAL HENRY BEAUFORT ( 1370-1447 ) — Last words . Cf. Shakspere , King Henry VI , pt . ii , act 3 , sc . 3 . I propose to get into fortune's way . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) -a favourite phrase of his . ( Dict . Nat . Biog ...
... CARDINAL HENRY BEAUFORT ( 1370-1447 ) — Last words . Cf. Shakspere , King Henry VI , pt . ii , act 3 , sc . 3 . I propose to get into fortune's way . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) -a favourite phrase of his . ( Dict . Nat . Biog ...
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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