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Another version is : “ Now let us commend our souls to God , for our bodies belong to our 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 ...
Another version is : “ Now let us commend our souls to God , for our bodies belong to our 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 ...
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See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c . ; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies . " ( Shakspere , King Henry VIII , act 3.
See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c . ; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies . " ( Shakspere , King Henry VIII , act 3.
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... my enemies will say it was from me . JOHN KEATS ( 1796-1821 ) - Last words . Another version is : “ I die of a broken heart . " If I am alive , I shall be glad to see him ; if I am dead , he'll be glad to see me .
... my enemies will say it was from me . JOHN KEATS ( 1796-1821 ) - Last words . Another version is : “ I die of a broken heart . " If I am alive , I shall be glad to see him ; if I am dead , he'll be glad to see me .
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LORD Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) -of his decorations ( not at the battle of Trafalgar , Oct. 21 , 1805 , but on a previous occasion ) , when it was hinted that they rendered him a conspicuous mark for the enemy : ( Southey , Life of Nelson ...
LORD Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) -of his decorations ( not at the battle of Trafalgar , Oct. 21 , 1805 , but on a previous occasion ) , when it was hinted that they rendered him a conspicuous mark for the enemy : ( Southey , Life of Nelson ...
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He will make one man ungrateful , and a hundred men his enemies , for every office he can bestow . JOHN ADAMS ( 1735-1826 ) —alluding to the election of his son as President of the U. S. ( Quincy , Figures of the Past , 74. ) ...
He will make one man ungrateful , and a hundred men his enemies , for every office he can bestow . JOHN ADAMS ( 1735-1826 ) —alluding to the election of his son as President of the U. S. ( Quincy , Figures of the Past , 74. ) ...
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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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