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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| 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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