Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 1452- 85 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug. 23 , 1485 ) , where he was slain . ( Shakspere , King Richard ...
... letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 1452- 85 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug. 23 , 1485 ) , where he was slain . ( Shakspere , King Richard ...
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... letters P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid . ( Gentleman's Magazine , vol . 51 , p . 324 note ) . Another version is : " Sir , the man that will make such an ex- ecrable pun as that in my company , will pick my pocket . ' ( Benjamin ...
... letters P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid . ( Gentleman's Magazine , vol . 51 , p . 324 note ) . Another version is : " Sir , the man that will make such an ex- ecrable pun as that in my company , will pick my pocket . ' ( Benjamin ...
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... letter to Thomas Raikes , March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President ...
... letter to Thomas Raikes , March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President ...
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... letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none . " : Finality is not the language ...
... letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none . " : Finality is not the language ...
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... ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity , but it is the real key to the heart . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ( 1770- 1850 ) ...
... ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity , but it is the real key to the heart . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ( 1770- 1850 ) ...
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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 June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς