Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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See Dieu et la liberté . God bless you . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) — Last words . God bless you all . Sir Walter SCOTT ( 1771-1832 ) -Last words , Other versions are : “ I feel as if I were to be myself again ; ' My dear , be a good man ...
See Dieu et la liberté . God bless you . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) — Last words . God bless you all . Sir Walter SCOTT ( 1771-1832 ) -Last words , Other versions are : “ I feel as if I were to be myself again ; ' My dear , be a good man ...
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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 left me naked to mine enemies . " ( Shakspere , King Henry VIII , act 3.
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 left me naked to mine enemies . " ( Shakspere , King Henry VIII , act 3.
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See Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . One tongue is sufficient for a woman . John Milton ( 1608-74 ) -when asked whether he would instruct his daughters in foreign languages . Only three Crowns . Sir ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676 .
See Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . One tongue is sufficient for a woman . John Milton ( 1608-74 ) -when asked whether he would instruct his daughters in foreign languages . Only three Crowns . Sir ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676 .
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Ah ! pour Dieu , monsieur , n'ayez pitié de moi , mais plutôt de vous - même , qui combattez contre votre foi et votre roi . ( Ah ! for God's sake , sir , don't pity me , but rather pity yourself , who are fighting against your religion ...
Ah ! pour Dieu , monsieur , n'ayez pitié de moi , mais plutôt de vous - même , qui combattez contre votre foi et votre roi . ( Ah ! for God's sake , sir , don't pity me , but rather pity yourself , who are fighting against your religion ...
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Au nom de Dieu , Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHALLANNES , duc de ...
Au nom de Dieu , Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHALLANNES , duc de ...
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