Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... grand qui parlât . " Pope , too , expresses a similar idea in his Essay on Criticism , pt . ii , ll . 220-1 . " But let a Lord once own the happy lines , How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! " But , without either adopting M ...
... grand qui parlât . " Pope , too , expresses a similar idea in his Essay on Criticism , pt . ii , ll . 220-1 . " But let a Lord once own the happy lines , How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! " But , without either adopting M ...
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... grand secret . ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD ( 1770- 1820 , Dying words , at his execu- tion for high treason , May 1 , 1820 . ( Annual Register ) . See Je vais quérir un grand peut - être . I should like to record the thoughts of a dying man for ...
... grand secret . ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD ( 1770- 1820 , Dying words , at his execu- tion for high treason , May 1 , 1820 . ( Annual Register ) . See Je vais quérir un grand peut - être . I should like to record the thoughts of a dying man for ...
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... grand secret . Now God be praised ! I die happy . GENERAL JAMES WOLFE ( 1726- 59 ) , killed in the battle of Quebec- Last words , on hearing the cry " They run ! " and being told that it 46 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS.
... grand secret . Now God be praised ! I die happy . GENERAL JAMES WOLFE ( 1726- 59 ) , killed in the battle of Quebec- Last words , on hearing the cry " They run ! " and being told that it 46 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS.
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... grand old man . " " A term applied to the Rt . Hon . W. E. Gladstone ( 1809-98 ) and at- tributed by Sir W. V. Harcourt ( in a speech at Derby , April 25 , 1882 ) to Sir Stafford Northcote ( now Lord Iddesleigh ) . Whoever first applied ...
... grand old man . " " A term applied to the Rt . Hon . W. E. Gladstone ( 1809-98 ) and at- tributed by Sir W. V. Harcourt ( in a speech at Derby , April 25 , 1882 ) to Sir Stafford Northcote ( now Lord Iddesleigh ) . Whoever first applied ...
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... grand homme . ( It isn't for me that you should weep , but for the death of this great man . ) Mémoires de Saint Hilaire , 1766 , vol . i , p . 205 . SAINT HILAIRE , lieutenant- general of artillery - to his son . A bullet took off ...
... grand homme . ( It isn't for me that you should weep , but for the death of this great man . ) Mémoires de Saint Hilaire , 1766 , vol . i , p . 205 . SAINT HILAIRE , lieutenant- general of artillery - to his son . A bullet took off ...
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