Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... March 17 , 1845 , on agricultural distress . A Conservative is only a Tory who is ashamed of himself . J. HOOKHAM FRERE ( 1769-1846 ) -when the terms Conservative and Liberal were beginning to take the place of Tory and Whig . a ...
... March 17 , 1845 , on agricultural distress . A Conservative is only a Tory who is ashamed of himself . J. HOOKHAM FRERE ( 1769-1846 ) -when the terms Conservative and Liberal were beginning to take the place of Tory and Whig . a ...
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... March 22 , 1775 . All human knowledge here is but methodized ignorance . All DR . PARR ( 1747-1825 ) . my possessions for one moment of time . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -said to have been her dying words . Another version is that ...
... March 22 , 1775 . All human knowledge here is but methodized ignorance . All DR . PARR ( 1747-1825 ) . my possessions for one moment of time . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -said to have been her dying words . Another version is that ...
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... ( March- mont Papers , vol . ii , p . 123 ) . Also by SIR ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676-1745 ) -see Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . lix , p . 203 . an untoward event . The DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769-1852 ) -alluding to the battle of Navarino ( Oct. 20 ...
... ( March- mont Papers , vol . ii , p . 123 ) . Also by SIR ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676-1745 ) -see Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . lix , p . 203 . an untoward event . The DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769-1852 ) -alluding to the battle of Navarino ( Oct. 20 ...
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... March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President Lincoln ( 1809-65 ) who was ...
... March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President Lincoln ( 1809-65 ) who was ...
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... march , for the rebels will not be able to endure the sight of me , alive or dead . EDWARD I , of England , sur- named " Longshanks , " ( 1239-1307 ) -Last words , addressed to his son Edward . The king died whilst en- deavouring to ...
... march , for the rebels will not be able to endure the sight of me , alive or dead . EDWARD I , of England , sur- named " Longshanks , " ( 1239-1307 ) -Last words , addressed to his son Edward . The king died whilst en- deavouring to ...
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