Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Quoted by BENJAMIN DisraeLI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) in a speech on the prosecution of war , May 24 , 1855 , and in another on the order of business , July 28 , 1871 . A precedent embalms a principle .
Quoted by BENJAMIN DisraeLI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) in a speech on the prosecution of war , May 24 , 1855 , and in another on the order of business , July 28 , 1871 . A precedent embalms a principle .
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Sir ROBERT WALPOLE ( 16761745 ) —his definition of the gratitude of place expectants ; quoted by Hazlitt in his lecture “ On Wit and Humour " ( Lectures on Engl . Comic Writers ) as “ a lively sense of future favours .
Sir ROBERT WALPOLE ( 16761745 ) —his definition of the gratitude of place expectants ; quoted by Hazlitt in his lecture “ On Wit and Humour " ( Lectures on Engl . Comic Writers ) as “ a lively sense of future favours .
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108-12 : King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his country ! in the House of Commons , Feb. 5 , 1863 . Had I served ( my ) God as diligently as I have ( served ) the king , he would ...
108-12 : King Henry V , quoting his father's words ) . Happy is the man who has been twice thanked by his country ! in the House of Commons , Feb. 5 , 1863 . Had I served ( my ) God as diligently as I have ( served ) the king , he would ...
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WILLIAM POWELL ( 1735-69 ) - when on his death - bed , suddenly quoted the above line from Shaks . pere , llacbeth , act ii , sc . I , 1. 33 , with an appropriate attitucie . A inoment after he cried ' O God ! ' and expired .
WILLIAM POWELL ( 1735-69 ) - when on his death - bed , suddenly quoted the above line from Shaks . pere , llacbeth , act ii , sc . I , 1. 33 , with an appropriate attitucie . A inoment after he cried ' O God ! ' and expired .
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Preceded by : “ All I request of you , gentlemen , is that you will bear witness to the world ihat I die like a brave These are sometimes quoted as his last words . Another account says : “ But I pray you to bear witness that I die like ...
Preceded by : “ All I request of you , gentlemen , is that you will bear witness to the world ihat I die like a brave These are sometimes quoted as his last words . Another account says : “ But I pray you to bear witness that I die like ...
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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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