Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Indeed , after perusing E. Fournier's L'Esprit dans l'Histoire , we are tempted to come to the conclusion that there is very little truth in any of them ; but it must , on the other hand , be borne in mind that M. Fournier deals almost ...
Indeed , after perusing E. Fournier's L'Esprit dans l'Histoire , we are tempted to come to the conclusion that there is very little truth in any of them ; but it must , on the other hand , be borne in mind that M. Fournier deals almost ...
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le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non è zero è ben trovato , is often very appropriate ; and , on the other hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poétique ...
le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non è zero è ben trovato , is often very appropriate ; and , on the other hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poétique ...
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God has put into every white man's hand a whip to flog the black . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -10 Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 180382 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) , when told that his daughter ...
God has put into every white man's hand a whip to flog the black . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -10 Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 180382 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) , when told that his daughter ...
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Great revolutions , whatever may be their causes , are not lightly made , and are not concluded with precipitation . PENJAMIN DISRAFLI ( Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech That would deliver up his greatness Into the hands ...
Great revolutions , whatever may be their causes , are not lightly made , and are not concluded with precipitation . PENJAMIN DISRAFLI ( Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech That would deliver up his greatness Into the hands ...
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That would deliver up his greatness Into the hands of justice ' " ( Shakspere , King Henry IV , 2nd Part , act 5 , sc . 2 , 11. 108-12 : King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his ...
That would deliver up his greatness Into the hands of justice ' " ( Shakspere , King Henry IV , 2nd Part , act 5 , sc . 2 , 11. 108-12 : King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his ...
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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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