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... c'est moi ) , Sainte - Beuve puts their case very strongly when he writes ( Causeries du Lundi , vol . xiii . pp . 107-8 ) , referring to a mot of Villars which seems never to have been uttered by him . . " le mot est si bien dans sa ...
... c'est moi ) , Sainte - Beuve puts their case very strongly when he writes ( Causeries du Lundi , vol . xiii . pp . 107-8 ) , referring to a mot of Villars which seems never to have been uttered by him . . " le mot est si bien dans sa ...
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... c'est l'histoire ; cf. . . " His- tory , a distillation of Rumour " ( Carlyle , French Revolution , Pt . i , bk . 7 , ch . v ) . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . BENJAMIN WEST ( 1738-1820 ) — in the course of a ...
... c'est l'histoire ; cf. . . " His- tory , a distillation of Rumour " ( Carlyle , French Revolution , Pt . i , bk . 7 , ch . v ) . A painter is a companion for kings and emperors . BENJAMIN WEST ( 1738-1820 ) — in the course of a ...
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... C'est la seule bénédiction qui convienne au petit - fils de M. Franklin . " ( It is the only fitting benediction for M. Franklin's grandson ) . See Dieu et la liberté . God bless you . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —Last words . God bless ...
... C'est la seule bénédiction qui convienne au petit - fils de M. Franklin . " ( It is the only fitting benediction for M. Franklin's grandson ) . See Dieu et la liberté . God bless you . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —Last words . God bless ...
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... C'est le vol . ( Viewed in this light , what is property ? It is robbery . ) ( L. Blanc , L'Organisa- tion du Travail . ) Protection and patriotism are reciprocal . J. C. CALHOUN ( 1782-1850 ) -- in a speech , 12th Dec. , 1811. Followed ...
... C'est le vol . ( Viewed in this light , what is property ? It is robbery . ) ( L. Blanc , L'Organisa- tion du Travail . ) Protection and patriotism are reciprocal . J. C. CALHOUN ( 1782-1850 ) -- in a speech , 12th Dec. , 1811. Followed ...
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... c'est mourir . " Béranger , Adieu de Marie Stuart . ( Farewell , farewell , sweet land of France , Enshrined in my heart ! Home of my childhood's happy hours , Farewell ! ' tis death from thee to part ) . also " Mary , Queen of Scots ...
... c'est mourir . " Béranger , Adieu de Marie Stuart . ( Farewell , farewell , sweet land of France , Enshrined in my heart ! Home of my childhood's happy hours , Farewell ! ' tis death from thee to part ) . also " Mary , Queen of Scots ...
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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