Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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307 ) writes : " Les anciens historiens sont remplis de vues dont on pourroit faire usage quand même les faits qui les présentent seroient faux . Les hommes sensés doivent regarder l'histoire comme un tissu de fabiles , dont la morale ...
307 ) writes : " Les anciens historiens sont remplis de vues dont on pourroit faire usage quand même les faits qui les présentent seroient faux . Les hommes sensés doivent regarder l'histoire comme un tissu de fabiles , dont la morale ...
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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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See Je donnerais une de mes pièces pour les avoir faits ; and Je donnerais pour l'avoir fait & c . I would rather eat a dry crust at a king's table than feast on luxuries at that of an elector . ELIZABETH BoHEMIA , daughter of James I ...
See Je donnerais une de mes pièces pour les avoir faits ; and Je donnerais pour l'avoir fait & c . I would rather eat a dry crust at a king's table than feast on luxuries at that of an elector . ELIZABETH BoHEMIA , daughter of James I ...
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... 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. ) See J'ai fait dix mécontenis et ...
... 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. ) See J'ai fait dix mécontenis et ...
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See Vous avez fait , monsieur , trois fautes d'orthographe . You sit upon a form , but you stand upon a ceremony . ARCHBISHOP WHATELY ( 17871863 ) -replying to his own question , what is the difference between form and ceremony ?
See Vous avez fait , monsieur , trois fautes d'orthographe . You sit upon a form , but you stand upon a ceremony . ARCHBISHOP WHATELY ( 17871863 ) -replying to his own question , what is the difference between form and ceremony ?
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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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