Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 86
... Prussia ( 1712-86 ) to D'ALEMBert . The king asked whether d'Alembert had seen the king of France ( Louis XV ) " Yes , when presenting to him my reception speech at the French Academy . " " Well , what did he say to you ? ” - " He did ...
... Prussia ( 1712-86 ) to D'ALEMBert . The king asked whether d'Alembert had seen the king of France ( Louis XV ) " Yes , when presenting to him my reception speech at the French Academy . " " Well , what did he say to you ? ” - " He did ...
Page 124
... Prussia one is Prussian , Why then in France let's French- men be . ) Je veux honorer dans ma vieil- lesse une charge qui 124 FRENCH SAYINGS.
... Prussia one is Prussian , Why then in France let's French- men be . ) Je veux honorer dans ma vieil- lesse une charge qui 124 FRENCH SAYINGS.
Page 160
... Prussia ( 1712- 86 ) , is reported to have said to La Mettrie ( 1709-1751 ) , alluding to Voltaire ( 1694-1778 ) , J'aurai besoin de lui encore un an tout au plus ; on presse , etc. ( I shall want him another year at most ; one squeezes ...
... Prussia ( 1712- 86 ) , is reported to have said to La Mettrie ( 1709-1751 ) , alluding to Voltaire ( 1694-1778 ) , J'aurai besoin de lui encore un an tout au plus ; on presse , etc. ( I shall want him another year at most ; one squeezes ...
Page 181
... Prussia will take care of me ) . NAPOLEON III ( 1808-73 ) , Sept 2 , 1870 , the day after Sedan . Tout est perdu fors l'honneur . ( All is lost save honour . ) The form in which an expression used by FRANCIS I FRENCH SAYINGS 181.
... Prussia will take care of me ) . NAPOLEON III ( 1808-73 ) , Sept 2 , 1870 , the day after Sedan . Tout est perdu fors l'honneur . ( All is lost save honour . ) The form in which an expression used by FRANCIS I FRENCH SAYINGS 181.
Page 183
... Prussia and Germany . " Au lieu de cette " cohésion puissante qu'avaient " créée les traités de 1815 , nous " n'avons plus en face de nous qu'une " confédération divisée en trois 64 tronçons . " ( Instead of this powerful coalition ...
... Prussia and Germany . " Au lieu de cette " cohésion puissante qu'avaient " créée les traités de 1815 , nous " n'avons plus en face de nous qu'une " confédération divisée en trois 64 tronçons . " ( Instead of this powerful coalition ...
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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
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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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