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5 ) remarks : “ Remarkable Maillard , if fame were not an accident , and History a distillation of Rumour , how remarkable wast thou ! ” The doubtful points in historical sayings may be roughly classified as follows : ( 1 ) inaccuracy ...
5 ) remarks : “ Remarkable Maillard , if fame were not an accident , and History a distillation of Rumour , how remarkable wast thou ! ” The doubtful points in historical sayings may be roughly classified as follows : ( 1 ) inaccuracy ...
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For my part , to conclude these desultory remarks - as they began --- with a quotation , I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as ' thas said to me . Sir W. Scott , Lay of the Last Minstrel , ca. ii , st . 23 .
For my part , to conclude these desultory remarks - as they began --- with a quotation , I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as ' thas said to me . Sir W. Scott , Lay of the Last Minstrel , ca. ii , st . 23 .
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The latter , in his speech , said : “ All his [ Beresford Hope's ] exhibitions in this House are distinguished by a prudery which charms me , and when he talks of Asian mysteries I may , perhaps , by way of reply , remark that there is ...
The latter , in his speech , said : “ All his [ Beresford Hope's ] exhibitions in this House are distinguished by a prudery which charms me , and when he talks of Asian mysteries I may , perhaps , by way of reply , remark that there is ...
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This saying is said to have originated from the following remark by Sir Robert WALPOLE ( 1676-1745 ) to Mr. Leveson : " You see with what zeal and vehemence those gentlemen oppose , and yet I know the price of every man in this house ...
This saying is said to have originated from the following remark by Sir Robert WALPOLE ( 1676-1745 ) to Mr. Leveson : " You see with what zeal and vehemence those gentlemen oppose , and yet I know the price of every man in this house ...
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HUGH PETERS ( 1599-1660 ) - Last words , in reply to a remark by the hangman . Peters was executed Oct. 16 , 1660 .- ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . iii , p . 417 ) . Gentlemen , I am poor , very poor ; but your king is not rich enough to buy ...
HUGH PETERS ( 1599-1660 ) - Last words , in reply to a remark by the hangman . Peters was executed Oct. 16 , 1660 .- ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . iii , p . 417 ) . Gentlemen , I am poor , very poor ; but your king is not rich enough to buy ...
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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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