Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . ( Dreux du Radier , Tablettes hist . et anecdotes des rois de France , vol.3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least ...
Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . ( Dreux du Radier , Tablettes hist . et anecdotes des rois de France , vol.3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least ...
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to to Reply made by the Maréchal DE GRAMONT ( 1604-78 ) to Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) , on the latter complaining of being 60 years of age . Ai - je donc sur les épaules la robe de Nessus ? ( llave I then on my shoulders the shirt of ...
to to Reply made by the Maréchal DE GRAMONT ( 1604-78 ) to Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) , on the latter complaining of being 60 years of age . Ai - je donc sur les épaules la robe de Nessus ? ( llave I then on my shoulders the shirt of ...
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Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —of his nephew , the duc d'Orléans , afterwards Regent of France . ... Louis XII . ( 1462-1515 ) -of his son - in - law , the comte d ' Angoulème ( afterwards Francis I. ) , who bor . rowed large sums on the ...
Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —of his nephew , the duc d'Orléans , afterwards Regent of France . ... Louis XII . ( 1462-1515 ) -of his son - in - law , the comte d ' Angoulème ( afterwards Francis I. ) , who bor . rowed large sums on the ...
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( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ) . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 16361711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the latter for the word Gros in place of ...
( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ) . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 16361711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the latter for the word Gros in place of ...
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( A free people's cry is that of glory ) . C'est par le travail qu'on règne . ( It is by work that one reigns . ) Saying of Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . C'est plus qu'un crime , c'est une faute . ( It is more than a crime , it is a blunder ...
( A free people's cry is that of glory ) . C'est par le travail qu'on règne . ( It is by work that one reigns . ) Saying of Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . C'est plus qu'un crime , c'est une faute . ( It is more than a crime , it is a blunder ...
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| Title | Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Casket Series Volume 7 of Sonnenschein's dictionaries of quotations |
| Author | Edward Latham |
| Publisher | Sonnenschein, 1904 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
| Length | 269 pages |
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