Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... JOHN WOOLTON , Bishop of Exeter ( 1535-94 ) , - Last words . See Decet imperatorem , & c ; Un roi de France peut mourir , & c . It is related of Siward , Earl of Northumberland ( d . 1055 ) that , when near his end , he put on his ...
... JOHN WOOLTON , Bishop of Exeter ( 1535-94 ) , - Last words . See Decet imperatorem , & c ; Un roi de France peut mourir , & c . It is related of Siward , Earl of Northumberland ( d . 1055 ) that , when near his end , he put on his ...
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... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -a phrase used in addressing the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce , in 1868 , in favour of the repeal of the duties on tea , sugar and coffee . A friend may be often found and lost ; but an old friend can never be ...
... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -a phrase used in addressing the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce , in 1868 , in favour of the repeal of the duties on tea , sugar and coffee . A friend may be often found and lost ; but an old friend can never be ...
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... John Toland , Clidophorus , 1720 , ch . 13 . When asked by a lady what that was , he replied " Madam , wise men never tell . " In a note by Speaker Onslow to Burnet's History ofhis Own Times , ed . 1823 , vol . i , p . 164 , it is given ...
... John Toland , Clidophorus , 1720 , ch . 13 . When asked by a lady what that was , he replied " Madam , wise men never tell . " In a note by Speaker Onslow to Burnet's History ofhis Own Times , ed . 1823 , vol . i , p . 164 , it is given ...
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... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -when told that he ought to give Ben- jamin Disraeli ( 1804-81 ) credit for being a self - made man . And , if this inauspicious union be not already consummated , in the name of my country I forbid the banns ...
... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -when told that he ought to give Ben- jamin Disraeli ( 1804-81 ) credit for being a self - made man . And , if this inauspicious union be not already consummated , in the name of my country I forbid the banns ...
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... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) —his favourite maxim . Be of good cheer , Master Ridley , and play the man . We shall this day light such a candle , by God's grace , in England , as I trust shall never be put out . HUGH LATIMER ( c . 1472-1555 ) ...
... JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) —his favourite maxim . Be of good cheer , Master Ridley , and play the man . We shall this day light such a candle , by God's grace , in England , as I trust shall never be put out . HUGH LATIMER ( c . 1472-1555 ) ...
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