Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Good Americans , when they die , go to Paris . Thomas GOLD ) ArPLETON ( 181284 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , dutocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . Cor .
Good Americans , when they die , go to Paris . Thomas GOLD ) ArPLETON ( 181284 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , dutocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . Cor .
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Wagnière , Relation du Voyage de M. de Voltaire à Paris en verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur dear France ! I shall never see Voltaire , etc. Longchamp and you more ! ) Wagnière , Paris , 1826 , p . 163. ) ...
Wagnière , Relation du Voyage de M. de Voltaire à Paris en verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur dear France ! I shall never see Voltaire , etc. Longchamp and you more ! ) Wagnière , Paris , 1826 , p . 163. ) ...
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Chronique de 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 .
Chronique de 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 .
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GENERAL C.-F. DE MALET ( 17541812 ) -on the road to the scaffold , when passing the place des Invalides , Paris , referring to the dome of the Hôtel des Invalides , then being gilded . Cela ne va pas ; cela s'en va .
GENERAL C.-F. DE MALET ( 17541812 ) -on the road to the scaffold , when passing the place des Invalides , Paris , referring to the dome of the Hôtel des Invalides , then being gilded . Cela ne va pas ; cela s'en va .
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ACHILLE DE HARLAY ( 15361616 ) chief president of the 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 .
ACHILLE DE HARLAY ( 15361616 ) chief president of the 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 .
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