Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... français . I must arrange my pillows for another weary night . WASHINGTON IRVING ( 1783 . 1859 ) -Last ( coherent ) words . I must sleep now . LORD BYRON ( 1788-1824 ) -Last words . In a progressive country change is constant . BENJAMIN ...
... français . I must arrange my pillows for another weary night . WASHINGTON IRVING ( 1783 . 1859 ) -Last ( coherent ) words . I must sleep now . LORD BYRON ( 1788-1824 ) -Last words . In a progressive country change is constant . BENJAMIN ...
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... men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the MARQUIS DE PASTOR ET ( 1756- 1840 ) . 86 888 FRENCH SAYINGS.
... men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the MARQUIS DE PASTOR ET ( 1756- 1840 ) . 86 888 FRENCH SAYINGS.
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... françaises . " ( Very familiar term , which has been used to turn into ridicule an exalted sentiment of the glory of the French arms ) Cherchez la femme . ( or Où est la femme ? ) ( Find the woman . [ or where is the woman ...
... françaises . " ( Very familiar term , which has been used to turn into ridicule an exalted sentiment of the glory of the French arms ) Cherchez la femme . ( or Où est la femme ? ) ( Find the woman . [ or where is the woman ...
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... français the day follow- ing the execution ) . Another version ( Mémoires de la duchesse d'Angou- lême ) gives : Allez , fils de saint Lours , les portes de l'éternité vous sont ouvertes ; ( Go , son of St. Louis , the gates of eternity ...
... français the day follow- ing the execution ) . Another version ( Mémoires de la duchesse d'Angou- lême ) gives : Allez , fils de saint Lours , les portes de l'éternité vous sont ouvertes ; ( Go , son of St. Louis , the gates of eternity ...
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... Français de plus . " ( No more divisions : peace and France ; I see it once more , and nothing is changed , unless it is that there is one more Frenchman . ) On reading in the Moniteur the account of his entry into Paris , the comte d ...
... Français de plus . " ( No more divisions : peace and France ; I see it once more , and nothing is changed , unless it is that there is one more Frenchman . ) On reading in the Moniteur the account of his entry into Paris , the comte d ...
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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