Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... House of Commons , May 15 , 1846 , referring to Sir Robert Peel . Preceded by " His life has been one great Appropriation Clause " ; and followed by " Search the index of Beatson from the days of the Con- queror to the termination of ...
... House of Commons , May 15 , 1846 , referring to Sir Robert Peel . Preceded by " His life has been one great Appropriation Clause " ; and followed by " Search the index of Beatson from the days of the Con- queror to the termination of ...
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... House of Commons , May 1 , 1873 , referring to London . A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy . BENJAMIN DISRAELI , [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a debate in the House of Commons , March 17 , 1845 , on ...
... House of Commons , May 1 , 1873 , referring to London . A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy . BENJAMIN DISRAELI , [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a debate in the House of Commons , March 17 , 1845 , on ...
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... House of Commons , referr- ing to the assistance given by France to the American colonies and the resulting hostilities between England and France . . . amicably if they can , violently if they must . JOSIAH QUINCY ( 1772-1864 ) — in a ...
... House of Commons , referr- ing to the assistance given by France to the American colonies and the resulting hostilities between England and France . . . amicably if they can , violently if they must . JOSIAH QUINCY ( 1772-1864 ) — in a ...
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... House of Com- mons , Dec. 16 , 1852 , on the Budget . " Well , I've , given him now the reason why . ' And you ... Commons or vice versa . It occurs in the former sense several times in Benjamin Disraeli's ( 1804-81 ) speech of Apr. 11 ...
... House of Com- mons , Dec. 16 , 1852 , on the Budget . " Well , I've , given him now the reason why . ' And you ... Commons or vice versa . It occurs in the former sense several times in Benjamin Disraeli's ( 1804-81 ) speech of Apr. 11 ...
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... House of Commons on the expenditure of the country , Feb. 22 , 1848. Cf. The acts of to - day be- come the precedents of to - morrow . A reform is a correction of abuses : a revolution is a transfer of power . LORD LYTTON ( 1805-72 ) ...
... House of Commons on the expenditure of the country , Feb. 22 , 1848. Cf. The acts of to - day be- come the precedents of to - morrow . A reform is a correction of abuses : a revolution is a transfer of power . LORD LYTTON ( 1805-72 ) ...
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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