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“ History , a distillation of Rumour ( Carlyle , French Revolution , Pt . i , bk . 7 , ch . v ) . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . BENJAMIN W'Est ( 1738-1820 ) — in the course of a conversation .
“ History , a distillation of Rumour ( Carlyle , French Revolution , Pt . i , bk . 7 , ch . v ) . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . BENJAMIN W'Est ( 1738-1820 ) — in the course of a conversation .
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Emperor of Germany . I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones . Rev. SYDNEY SMITH ( 17711845 ) -- alluding to the heat . If this be treason , make the most of it . PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-99 ) — in a ...
Emperor of Germany . I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones . Rev. SYDNEY SMITH ( 17711845 ) -- alluding to the heat . If this be treason , make the most of it . PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-99 ) — in a ...
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The origin of the sobriquet " Stonewall , ” applied to General T. Jonathan Jackson ( 1824-63 . ) Sentiment clothes the title of Emperor with bad associa . tions . Robert LOWE ( 1811-92 ) , afterwards Lord Sherbrooke : quoted by Lord ...
The origin of the sobriquet " Stonewall , ” applied to General T. Jonathan Jackson ( 1824-63 . ) Sentiment clothes the title of Emperor with bad associa . tions . Robert LOWE ( 1811-92 ) , afterwards Lord Sherbrooke : quoted by Lord ...
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Written by ROSSINI ( 1792-1868 ) on the manuscript of a hymn to the Emperor , composed specially for the occasion and performed July Ist , 1867. The words referred to the noise of bells and cannon with which the piece concluded .
Written by ROSSINI ( 1792-1868 ) on the manuscript of a hymn to the Emperor , composed specially for the occasion and performed July Ist , 1867. The words referred to the noise of bells and cannon with which the piece concluded .
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Twenty years later , at the time of the return of the Bourbons to France , the emperor AlexANDER OF Russia ( 1777-1825 ) exclaimed ( a hope being expressed that misfortune had partly corrected their faults ) , " Corrigés ! ils sont ...
Twenty years later , at the time of the return of the Bourbons to France , the emperor AlexANDER OF Russia ( 1777-1825 ) exclaimed ( a hope being expressed that misfortune had partly corrected their faults ) , " Corrigés ! ils sont ...
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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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