Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Paris . THOMAS GOLD APPLETON ( 1812- 84 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , Autocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . COL . HENRY CLAY EGBERT ( 1840-99 ) -- Last words . He ...
... Paris . THOMAS GOLD APPLETON ( 1812- 84 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , Autocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . COL . HENRY CLAY EGBERT ( 1840-99 ) -- Last words . He ...
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... Paris en 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur Voltaire , etc. Longchamp and Wagnière , Paris , 1826 , p . 163. ) Adieu , prince sans terre . ( Adieu , landless prince . ) LAMORAL , COMTE D'EGMONT ( 1522-68 ) —when taking leave of WILLIAM ...
... Paris en 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur Voltaire , etc. Longchamp and Wagnière , Paris , 1826 , p . 163. ) Adieu , prince sans terre . ( Adieu , landless prince . ) LAMORAL , COMTE D'EGMONT ( 1522-68 ) —when taking leave of WILLIAM ...
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... Paris , May 4 , 1792 , p . 499. Franklin's words are given as " Ça ira , ça tiendra " ( That will succeed , that will last ) , in G. de Cassagnac's Histoire des Girondins , etc. ( E. Dentu ) vol . I , p . 373 . Camille , tu ne m'en veux ...
... Paris , May 4 , 1792 , p . 499. Franklin's words are given as " Ça ira , ça tiendra " ( That will succeed , that will last ) , in G. de Cassagnac's Histoire des Girondins , etc. ( E. Dentu ) vol . I , p . 373 . Camille , tu ne m'en veux ...
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... Paris quand il prêche . ( That rascal stirs all Paris when he preaches ) . Said of BOURDALOUE ( 1632-1704 ) by a woman of the people , on seeing the crowd flocking to hear him preach . Ce n'est pas moi qu'il faut pleurer , c'est la mort ...
... Paris quand il prêche . ( That rascal stirs all Paris when he preaches ) . Said of BOURDALOUE ( 1632-1704 ) by a woman of the people , on seeing the crowd flocking to hear him preach . Ce n'est pas moi qu'il faut pleurer , c'est la mort ...
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... Paris Parliament , used these words to the DE GUISE after the day of the Barricades when the victorious duke came to him in the hope of obtaining his adhesion . Chateaubriand says , " J'affaiblis l'expression " ( I soften the expres ...
... Paris Parliament , used these words to the DE GUISE after the day of the Barricades when the victorious duke came to him in the hope of obtaining his adhesion . Chateaubriand says , " J'affaiblis l'expression " ( I soften the expres ...
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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