Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... soldiers for the acquittal of the bishops . " ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See ...
... soldiers for the acquittal of the bishops . " ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) Do you not know that I am above the law ? JAMES II . ( 1633-1701 ) -to the Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See ...
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... soldiers of the steady old stamp - depend upon it , there is nothing like them in the world in the shape of in- fantry . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN ( 1750- 1817 ) ...
... soldiers of the steady old stamp - depend upon it , there is nothing like them in the world in the shape of in- fantry . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN ( 1750- 1817 ) ...
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... Soldiers ' Cemetery at Gettysberg , Nov. 19 , 1863 . " We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain , that this nation shall , under God , have a new birth of freedom , and that government of the people , by the ...
... Soldiers ' Cemetery at Gettysberg , Nov. 19 , 1863 . " We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain , that this nation shall , under God , have a new birth of freedom , and that government of the people , by the ...
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... soldiers . If learning could have kept a man alive , our brother had not died . RICHARD JOHNSON Master of the Temple , ( d . 1674 ) —over the grave of John Selden in the Temple Church , London . Cf. " Lord , if thou hadst been here , my ...
... soldiers . If learning could have kept a man alive , our brother had not died . RICHARD JOHNSON Master of the Temple , ( d . 1674 ) —over the grave of John Selden in the Temple Church , London . Cf. " Lord , if thou hadst been here , my ...
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... soldiers appointed to shoot him . ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . ii , p . 114. ) I have desired to have the obedience of my subjects by love , and not by compulsion . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -to her parliament . See Nothing , no ...
... soldiers appointed to shoot him . ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . ii , p . 114. ) I have desired to have the obedience of my subjects by love , and not by compulsion . QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -to her parliament . See Nothing , no ...
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