Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... I served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! Farewell , Oxford without a head ! DUKE OF ORMOND ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 15.
... I served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! Farewell , Oxford without a head ! DUKE OF ORMOND ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 15.
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... jamais ( The stupid man is he who alters . ) ( Barthélemy , Ma Justi- fication , 1832 ) never I drink with pleasure the health of all unfortunate princes . GEORGE II ( 1683-1760 ) —when challenged at a masked ball by a Jacobite lady to ...
... jamais ( The stupid man is he who alters . ) ( Barthélemy , Ma Justi- fication , 1832 ) never I drink with pleasure the health of all unfortunate princes . GEORGE II ( 1683-1760 ) —when challenged at a masked ball by a Jacobite lady to ...
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... jamais plus ! ( Adieu , dear France ! I shall never see you more ! ) Farewell of MARY STUART ( 1542- 87 ) to France . The lines " Adieu , plaisant pays de France . O ma patrie La plus chérie ! " etc. at one time attributed to her , were ...
... jamais plus ! ( Adieu , dear France ! I shall never see you more ! ) Farewell of MARY STUART ( 1542- 87 ) to France . The lines " Adieu , plaisant pays de France . O ma patrie La plus chérie ! " etc. at one time attributed to her , were ...
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... Jamais je ne leur ai tourné le dos ; je ne veux pas commencer en mourant , car c'est fait de moi . ( Prop me up against this tree , and place me so that my face is turned towards the enemy . I have never turned my back to them ; I don't ...
... Jamais je ne leur ai tourné le dos ; je ne veux pas commencer en mourant , car c'est fait de moi . ( Prop me up against this tree , and place me so that my face is turned towards the enemy . I have never turned my back to them ; I don't ...
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... jamais empoisonné ma plume . ( No gall has ever poisoned my pen . ) Euvres de Crébillon , 1818 , vol 1 , p . 13 of introduction and vol 2 , p . 339 . In the speech ( in rime ) by CRÉBILLON ( 1674-1762 ) at his reception by the French ...
... jamais empoisonné ma plume . ( No gall has ever poisoned my pen . ) Euvres de Crébillon , 1818 , vol 1 , p . 13 of introduction and vol 2 , p . 339 . In the speech ( in rime ) by CRÉBILLON ( 1674-1762 ) at his reception by the French ...
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