Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Saying of Helvétius's widow ( 1719-1800 ) at Auteuil , to NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) , who was astonished at her cheerfulness in her reduced circumstances . Ah ! c'est une spoliation véritable ; c'est une indignité .
Saying of Helvétius's widow ( 1719-1800 ) at Auteuil , to NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) , who was astonished at her cheerfulness in her reduced circumstances . Ah ! c'est une spoliation véritable ; c'est une indignité .
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Said , laughingly , by NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) to JoserHINE ( 17631814 ) the day he took possession of the Tuileries ( Feb. 19 , 1800. ) Cf. the remark of NÉPOMUCÈNE LEMERCIER ( 1771-1840 ) to NAPOLEON 4 years later , at the inauguration ...
Said , laughingly , by NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) to JoserHINE ( 17631814 ) the day he took possession of the Tuileries ( Feb. 19 , 1800. ) Cf. the remark of NÉPOMUCÈNE LEMERCIER ( 1771-1840 ) to NAPOLEON 4 years later , at the inauguration ...
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Dying words of MARSHALLANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) to 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 ...
Dying words of MARSHALLANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) to 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 ...
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The question has become proverbial , to express JUNOT ( 1771-1813 ) -- at the siege astonishment at anything which has of Toulon ( 1793 ) , Napoleon had just greatly struck anyone . finished dictating a letter to Junot , ( then only a ...
The question has become proverbial , to express JUNOT ( 1771-1813 ) -- at the siege astonishment at anything which has of Toulon ( 1793 ) , Napoleon had just greatly struck anyone . finished dictating a letter to Junot , ( then only a ...
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... by Lord GRANVILLE , but that General Bertrand , in an account of a scene that he had wit . nessed between Napoleon and Talleyrand , added that the last words were : “ Tenez , monsieur , vous n'êtes que de la m dans un bas de soie .
... by Lord GRANVILLE , but that General Bertrand , in an account of a scene that he had wit . nessed between Napoleon and Talleyrand , added that the last words were : “ Tenez , monsieur , vous n'êtes que de la m dans un bas de soie .
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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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