Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... dying words have been included , not so much because of any particular intrinsic merit they may possess , but rather on account of the interest they acquire from their having been uttered ( or said to have been uttered ) by famous ...
... dying words have been included , not so much because of any particular intrinsic merit they may possess , but rather on account of the interest they acquire from their having been uttered ( or said to have been uttered ) by famous ...
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... dying man can do nothing easy . Last words of BENJAMIN FRANK- LIN ( 1706-90 ) -to his daughter , who had advised him to change his position in bed , to breathe more easily . See J'avais cru plus difficile de mourir . .. a free breakfast ...
... dying man can do nothing easy . Last words of BENJAMIN FRANK- LIN ( 1706-90 ) -to his daughter , who had advised him to change his position in bed , to breathe more easily . See J'avais cru plus difficile de mourir . .. a free breakfast ...
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... dying words . Another version is that , in answer to the question who should succeed her , she said , " I will have no rogue's ( rascal's ) son in my seat , " alluding to Lord Beauchamp , son of the attainted Earl of Suffolk . See A ...
... dying words . Another version is that , in answer to the question who should succeed her , she said , " I will have no rogue's ( rascal's ) son in my seat , " alluding to Lord Beauchamp , son of the attainted Earl of Suffolk . See A ...
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... Dying words . He then uttered part of the Lord's prayer . ( Rev. J. A. Russell , Remains of Rev. Charles Wolfe . ) Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) ...
... Dying words . He then uttered part of the Lord's prayer . ( Rev. J. A. Russell , Remains of Rev. Charles Wolfe . ) Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) ...
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... Dying , dying . THOMAS HOOD ( 1792-1845 ) - Last words . Early and provident fear is the mother of safety . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —in a speech on the Petition of the Unitarians . Cf. La méfiance Est mère de la sûreté ( Prudence is ...
... Dying , dying . THOMAS HOOD ( 1792-1845 ) - Last words . Early and provident fear is the mother of safety . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —in a speech on the Petition of the Unitarians . Cf. La méfiance Est mère de la sûreté ( Prudence is ...
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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