Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Hist . of England . ) And let God be judge between you and me . OLIVER CROMWELL ( 1599-1658 ) -when dissolving the second Parlia- ment of the Protectorate , Feb. 4 , 1658 . And they know the reason why . SIR JAMES GRAHAM ( 1792-1861 ) ...
... Hist . of England . ) And let God be judge between you and me . OLIVER CROMWELL ( 1599-1658 ) -when dissolving the second Parlia- ment of the Protectorate , Feb. 4 , 1658 . And they know the reason why . SIR JAMES GRAHAM ( 1792-1861 ) ...
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... Hist . of England , vol . ii , pp . 556-7 ; see also Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . lx , p . 195 ) . Any man can do what any other man has done . Friend , you do not well to trample on a. DR . 1829 ) . THOMAS YOUNG ( 1773- Any man may get a ...
... Hist . of England , vol . ii , pp . 556-7 ; see also Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . lx , p . 195 ) . Any man can do what any other man has done . Friend , you do not well to trample on a. DR . 1829 ) . THOMAS YOUNG ( 1773- Any man may get a ...
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... Hist . of England . ) . Sir Robert Walpole ( 1676-1745 ) , when asked how he had overcome Sir Spencer Compton , Earl of Wilmington , re- plied " He got the wrong sow by the ear , and I the right " ( Anecdotal Hist . of Parliament ) ...
... Hist . of England . ) . Sir Robert Walpole ( 1676-1745 ) , when asked how he had overcome Sir Spencer Compton , Earl of Wilmington , re- plied " He got the wrong sow by the ear , and I the right " ( Anecdotal Hist . of Parliament ) ...
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... Hist . of his own Times , vol . ii , 473 ) . Don't give up the ship ! CAPT . JAMES LAWRENCE , Ameri- can naval officer ( 1781-1813 ) -when mortally wounded in the engage- ment between the Chesapeake and the Shannon he gave orders to ...
... Hist . of his own Times , vol . ii , 473 ) . Don't give up the ship ! CAPT . JAMES LAWRENCE , Ameri- can naval officer ( 1781-1813 ) -when mortally wounded in the engage- ment between the Chesapeake and the Shannon he gave orders to ...
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... Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving ...
... Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving ...
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