Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... question : the authentic sayings are scarcely mentioned at all . Still , it is not to be wondered at that so little reliance is to be placed upon such a large number of historical sayings - these landmarks of history , as they may be ...
... question : the authentic sayings are scarcely mentioned at all . Still , it is not to be wondered at that so little reliance is to be placed upon such a large number of historical sayings - these landmarks of history , as they may be ...
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... question , the compiler's object in the following pages has been to bring together , in their original language ... questions by whom said , and under what circumstances ; giving authorities as far as he has been able to ascertain them ...
... question , the compiler's object in the following pages has been to bring together , in their original language ... questions by whom said , and under what circumstances ; giving authorities as far as he has been able to ascertain them ...
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... question who should succeed her , she said , " I will have no rogue's ( rascal's ) son in my seat , " alluding to Lord Beauchamp , son of the attainted Earl of Suffolk . See A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! ancient ally ...
... question who should succeed her , she said , " I will have no rogue's ( rascal's ) son in my seat , " alluding to Lord Beauchamp , son of the attainted Earl of Suffolk . See A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! ancient ally ...
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... questions . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech March 20 , 1873 , explaining his reasons for refusing to take office . The phrase " brennende Fragen " ( burning questions ) , however , occurs in the ...
... questions . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech March 20 , 1873 , explaining his reasons for refusing to take office . The phrase " brennende Fragen " ( burning questions ) , however , occurs in the ...
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... question is this : Is man an ape or an angel ? My lord , I am on the side of the angels . I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence the contrary view , which is , I believe , foreign to the conscience of humanity . " See I have no ...
... question is this : Is man an ape or an angel ? My lord , I am on the side of the angels . I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence the contrary view , which is , I believe , foreign to the conscience of humanity . " See I have no ...
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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