Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... ( June 18 , 1815 ) : in allusion to the Legendary Gigan- tomachia of classical ( post - Homeric ) antiquity cf. Plato , Republic 378 C ; Horace , Odes iii , 1 , 5-8 , iii , 4 , 49-58 , where the giants are men- tioned by name . : A bishop ...
... ( June 18 , 1815 ) : in allusion to the Legendary Gigan- tomachia of classical ( post - Homeric ) antiquity cf. Plato , Republic 378 C ; Horace , Odes iii , 1 , 5-8 , iii , 4 , 49-58 , where the giants are men- tioned by name . : A bishop ...
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... June 14 - Last words . Earl of bloated armaments . BENJAMIN DISRAELI Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech ( 1862 ) during the American Civil War . He advocated " putting an end to these bloated armaments which naturally involve ...
... June 14 - Last words . Earl of bloated armaments . BENJAMIN DISRAELI Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech ( 1862 ) during the American Civil War . He advocated " putting an end to these bloated armaments which naturally involve ...
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... June 30 , 1688 , and being told by Lord Faversham : " it was nothing but the rejoicing of the soldiers for the acquittal of the bishops . " ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) ...
... June 30 , 1688 , and being told by Lord Faversham : " it was nothing but the rejoicing of the soldiers for the acquittal of the bishops . " ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) ...
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... June 3 , 1862 , in the House of Commons on Mr. Walpole's resolu- tion . Preceded by the real cause of that influence of England— which influence is , perhaps , on an average , the most permanent throughout the Continent - has a- risen ...
... June 3 , 1862 , in the House of Commons on Mr. Walpole's resolu- tion . Preceded by the real cause of that influence of England— which influence is , perhaps , on an average , the most permanent throughout the Continent - has a- risen ...
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... ( June , 1815 ) . See It is warm work & c . hare - brained chatter of irre- sponsible frivolity . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -- in a speech at the Mansion House , Nov. 9 , 1878 . " The government of the world ...
... ( June , 1815 ) . See It is warm work & c . hare - brained chatter of irre- sponsible frivolity . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -- in a speech at the Mansion House , Nov. 9 , 1878 . " The government of the world ...
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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