Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... 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 as " People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters , but men of sense ...
... 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 as " People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters , but men of sense ...
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... madam I may not call you ; mistress I am ashamed to call you : so I know not what to call you , but yet I do thank you . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -on taking leave of Archbishop Parker's wife , after being entertained at Lambeth ...
... madam I may not call you ; mistress I am ashamed to call you : so I know not what to call you , but yet I do thank you . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -on taking leave of Archbishop Parker's wife , after being entertained at Lambeth ...
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... madam I may not call you , & c . I'll bell the cat . ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS , 5th Earl of Angus ( 1449-1514 ) -to the Scotch nobles in 1482 at a midnight council in the church of Lauder ( cf. La Fontaine , Conseil tenu par les Rats ) ...
... madam I may not call you , & c . I'll bell the cat . ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS , 5th Earl of Angus ( 1449-1514 ) -to the Scotch nobles in 1482 at a midnight council in the church of Lauder ( cf. La Fontaine , Conseil tenu par les Rats ) ...
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... madam - for a toad . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709- 84 ) on a lady showing him a grotto she had made and asking him if it would not be a cool habitation in summer . I think the author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a ...
... madam - for a toad . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709- 84 ) on a lady showing him a grotto she had made and asking him if it would not be a cool habitation in summer . I think the author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a ...
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... Madam , I have but ninepence in ready money , but I can draw for a thousand pounds . JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) — to a lady who remarked upon his taking so small a part in conversa- tion . ( Boswell's Life of Johnson . ) Madam , I ...
... Madam , I have but ninepence in ready money , but I can draw for a thousand pounds . JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) — to a lady who remarked upon his taking so small a part in conversa- tion . ( Boswell's Life of Johnson . ) Madam , I ...
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