Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) to JOSEPHINE ( 1763- 1814 ) the day he took possession of the Tuileries ( Feb. 19 , 1800. ) Cf. the remark of NEPOMUCENE LEMERCIER ( 1771-1840 ) to NAPOLEON 4 years later , at the inauguration of the Empire ...
... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) to JOSEPHINE ( 1763- 1814 ) the day he took possession of the Tuileries ( Feb. 19 , 1800. ) Cf. the remark of NEPOMUCENE LEMERCIER ( 1771-1840 ) to NAPOLEON 4 years later , at the inauguration of the Empire ...
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... NAPOLEON . Mortally wounded at Essling , May 22 , 1809 ; died nine days after . The words , as reported in the Moniteur , were " Sire , je meurs avec la conviction et la gloire d'avoir été votre meilleur ami . ( Sire , I die with the ...
... NAPOLEON . Mortally wounded at Essling , May 22 , 1809 ; died nine days after . The words , as reported in the Moniteur , were " Sire , je meurs avec la conviction et la gloire d'avoir été votre meilleur ami . ( Sire , I die with the ...
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... Napoléon était mort et vous ne serez que le Sieyès , d'une constitution mort - née . ( At your age Napoleon was dead , and you will only be the Sieyes of a still - born constitu- tion . ) Journal Officiel , Débats parlementaires , p ...
... Napoléon était mort et vous ne serez que le Sieyès , d'une constitution mort - née . ( At your age Napoleon was dead , and you will only be the Sieyes of a still - born constitu- tion . ) Journal Officiel , Débats parlementaires , p ...
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... Napoleon and Talleyrand , added that the last words were : " Tenez , monsieur , vous n'êtes que de la m dans un bas de soie . " ( Look here , in a sir , you are only silk stocking ) . EARL OF LAUDERDALE ( 1759-1839 ) , minister to ...
... Napoleon and Talleyrand , added that the last words were : " Tenez , monsieur , vous n'êtes que de la m dans un bas de soie . " ( Look here , in a sir , you are only silk stocking ) . EARL OF LAUDERDALE ( 1759-1839 ) , minister to ...
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... Napoleon , in his Mémorial , refers to ' Fouché as being the Talleyrand " of the clubs , and Talleyrand , the " Fouché of the Salons . ' Ste . Beuve , M. de Talleyrand ( 1870 ) ch . 2. p . 79 , quotes the phrase as C'est pire qu'un ...
... Napoleon , in his Mémorial , refers to ' Fouché as being the Talleyrand " of the clubs , and Talleyrand , the " Fouché of the Salons . ' Ste . Beuve , M. de Talleyrand ( 1870 ) ch . 2. p . 79 , quotes the phrase as C'est pire qu'un ...
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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