Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... hand , be borne in mind that M. Fournier deals almost exclusively with those sayings concerning which there is some question : the authentic sayings are scarcely mentioned at all . Still , it is not to be wondered at that so little ...
... hand , be borne in mind that M. Fournier deals almost exclusively with those sayings concerning which there is some question : the authentic sayings are scarcely mentioned at all . Still , it is not to be wondered at that so little ...
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... hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poctique , iii , 48 ) , " Le vrai peut quelquefois n'être pas vraisemblable . " So that there is something to be said in favour of these ( from one point of view useful ) inven- tions after all . ( 3 ) ...
... hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poctique , iii , 48 ) , " Le vrai peut quelquefois n'être pas vraisemblable . " So that there is something to be said in favour of these ( from one point of view useful ) inven- tions after all . ( 3 ) ...
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... hand a whip to flog the black . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803- 82 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) —when told that his daughter Anne , as well as Mary , was on ...
... hand a whip to flog the black . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803- 82 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) —when told that his daughter Anne , as well as Mary , was on ...
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... hands of justice " ( Shakspere , King Henry II , 2nd Part , act 5 , sc . 2 , 11. 103-12 King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his coun- try ! BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of ...
... hands of justice " ( Shakspere , King Henry II , 2nd Part , act 5 , sc . 2 , 11. 103-12 King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his coun- try ! BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of ...
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... the French . Into thy hands , O Lord , I com- mend my spirit . THOMAS A BECKET , Archbishop of Canterbury ( 1117-70 ) , assassin ated in Canterbury Cathedral- Dying words ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . 32 ENGLISH AND AMERICRN SAYINGS.
... the French . Into thy hands , O Lord , I com- mend my spirit . THOMAS A BECKET , Archbishop of Canterbury ( 1117-70 ) , assassin ated in Canterbury Cathedral- Dying words ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . 32 ENGLISH AND AMERICRN SAYINGS.
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