Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... enemies . " Also given as " It is God's grace . " Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : WILLIAM PITT , first Earl of Chatham ( 1708-78 ) -in a speech , Jan. 14 , 1766. ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . xlv . , p . 360 ...
... enemies . " Also given as " It is God's grace . " Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : WILLIAM PITT , first Earl of Chatham ( 1708-78 ) -in a speech , Jan. 14 , 1766. ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . xlv . , p . 360 ...
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... enemies . " ( Shak- spere , King Henry VIII , act 3. sc . 2 , II . 455-8 . ) Hailing with horrid melody the moon . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —Phrase ap- plied to the oratory of Robert Lowe [ Lord Sherbrooke ] ...
... enemies . " ( Shak- spere , King Henry VIII , act 3. sc . 2 , II . 455-8 . ) Hailing with horrid melody the moon . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —Phrase ap- plied to the oratory of Robert Lowe [ Lord Sherbrooke ] ...
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... worse for the sea . OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ( 1809-94 ) -in a lecture before the Harvard Medical School . If I tremble with cold , my enemies will say it was from : fear I will not expose my- self to such ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 25.
... worse for the sea . OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ( 1809-94 ) -in a lecture before the Harvard Medical School . If I tremble with cold , my enemies will say it was from : fear I will not expose my- self to such ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 25.
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... enemy . ( Southey , Life of Nelson , ed . 1888 , p . 366. ) In me behold the end of the world with all its vanities . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ( 1554-1586 ) -Last words , when mortally wounded at Zutphen , Sep. 22 , 1586. See , Take it , thy ...
... enemy . ( Southey , Life of Nelson , ed . 1888 , p . 366. ) In me behold the end of the world with all its vanities . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ( 1554-1586 ) -Last words , when mortally wounded at Zutphen , Sep. 22 , 1586. See , Take it , thy ...
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... enemies , for every office he can bestow . JOHN ADAMS ( 1735-1826 ) -— al- luding to the election of his son as President of the U. S. ( Quincy , Figures of the Past , 74. ) See J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . No mortal man can ...
... enemies , for every office he can bestow . JOHN ADAMS ( 1735-1826 ) -— al- luding to the election of his son as President of the U. S. ( Quincy , Figures of the Past , 74. ) See J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . No mortal man can ...
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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