Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... ( 1783-1824 ) -Last words , . . a safe and honourable peace . BENJAMIN DISRAELI ( Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -Concluding words of a resolution moved in the House of Commons , May 24 , 1855. See also Peace with honour .
... ( 1783-1824 ) -Last words , . . a safe and honourable peace . BENJAMIN DISRAELI ( Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -Concluding words of a resolution moved in the House of Commons , May 24 , 1855. See also Peace with honour .
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SYDNEY SMITH ( 1771-1845 ) In honour I gained them , and in honour I will die with them . LORD Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) -of his decorations ( not at the battle of Trafalgar , Oct. 21 , 1805 , but on a previous occasion ) , when it was ...
SYDNEY SMITH ( 1771-1845 ) In honour I gained them , and in honour I will die with them . LORD Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) -of his decorations ( not at the battle of Trafalgar , Oct. 21 , 1805 , but on a previous occasion ) , when it was ...
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It was not British blood which had been spilt , but it was British honour that bled at every vein . the Battle of Copenhagen ( April 2 , 1801 ) . He added But , mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands .
It was not British blood which had been spilt , but it was British honour that bled at every vein . the Battle of Copenhagen ( April 2 , 1801 ) . He added But , mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands .
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Peace with honour . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Lord Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -on his return from the Berlin Congress , July 16 , 1878 , said : “ Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace -- but a peace , I hope , with honour ...
Peace with honour . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Lord Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -on his return from the Berlin Congress , July 16 , 1878 , said : “ Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace -- but a peace , I hope , with honour ...
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W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) -in a speech at a banquet in his honour at Leeds , Oct. 7 , 1881 . The right honourable gentleman [ Sir Robert Peel ] caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes .
W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) -in a speech at a banquet in his honour at Leeds , Oct. 7 , 1881 . The right honourable gentleman [ Sir Robert Peel ] caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes .
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles comte death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand Henry Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais John Julius Caesar June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord Louis XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur Monsieur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament peace Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on qu'un Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thee thou tion tout uttered Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM δε μεν ου
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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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