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Bon mots , as such , have not been included , for as Voltaire * Tacitus ( Annals , I , 74 ) has it : Quia zera erant , dicta etiam credebantur . " 66 66 a 1 writes ( Essai sur les meurs et l'esprit vi PREFACE .
Bon mots , as such , have not been included , for as Voltaire * Tacitus ( Annals , I , 74 ) has it : Quia zera erant , dicta etiam credebantur . " 66 66 a 1 writes ( Essai sur les meurs et l'esprit vi PREFACE .
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VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) -said in English when blessing Franklin's grandson ( 1778 ) . He added “ C'est la seule bénédiction qui convienne au petit - fils de M. Franklin . ” ( It is the only fitting benediction for M. Franklin's grandson ) ...
VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) -said in English when blessing Franklin's grandson ( 1778 ) . He added “ C'est la seule bénédiction qui convienne au petit - fils de M. Franklin . ” ( It is the only fitting benediction for M. Franklin's grandson ) ...
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VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) —written ( in English ) in a letter to Lord Keith , Oct. 4 , 1759 . The murder of the Queen had been represented to me as a deed , lawful and meritorious . I die a firm Catholic . a ANTHONY BABINGTON ( 1561-86 ) ...
VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) —written ( in English ) in a letter to Lord Keith , Oct. 4 , 1759 . The murder of the Queen had been represented to me as a deed , lawful and meritorious . I die a firm Catholic . a ANTHONY BABINGTON ( 1561-86 ) ...
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VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) — Last Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous words . Wagnière , Relation du Voyage de M. de Voltaire à Paris en verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur dear France !
VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) — Last Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous words . Wagnière , Relation du Voyage de M. de Voltaire à Paris en verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , 1778 , et de sa mort ( Mémoires sur dear France !
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( Ah ! what a fine promise La Châtre has ! ) Remark by NINON DE LENCLOS ( 1620-1705 ) on remembering her written promise to remain faithful to the Marquis de La Châtre during his absence . Voltaire quotes the phrase as . le beau billet ...
( Ah ! what a fine promise La Châtre has ! ) Remark by NINON DE LENCLOS ( 1620-1705 ) on remembering her written promise to remain faithful to the Marquis de La Châtre during his absence . Voltaire quotes the phrase as . le beau billet ...
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alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien c'est called Chamber of Deputies Charles death Dieu Duke dying edition Emperor enemy England expression faire fait France French GEORGE give given grand hand Henry Hist honour House of Commons Italy j'ai JAMES John July June king Laertius land Last words leave letter Lives Lord Louis XIV March Mémoires mort n'est NAPOLEON never Paris peace phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK qu'il Queen question quoted receive referring Reichstag remark reply saying Sire soldiers speak speech things THOMAS thou tion tout uttered Voltaire vous wish written
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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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