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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| 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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