Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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it was nothing but the rejoicing England can never be ruined of the soldiers for the acquittal of the except by a parliament . bishops . ” ( Ilume , Hist . of Engl . ) SIR WILLIAM CECIL , LORD Do you not know that I am BURLEIGH ...
it was nothing but the rejoicing England can never be ruined of the soldiers for the acquittal of the except by a parliament . bishops . ” ( Ilume , Hist . of Engl . ) SIR WILLIAM CECIL , LORD Do you not know that I am BURLEIGH ...
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English soldiers of the steady old stamp - depend upon it , there is nothing like them in the world in the shape of infantry . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 17691852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . John Paulpot CURRAN ( 17501817 ) ...
English soldiers of the steady old stamp - depend upon it , there is nothing like them in the world in the shape of infantry . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 17691852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . John Paulpot CURRAN ( 17501817 ) ...
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... in a speech at the dedication of the National Soldiers ' Cemetery at Gettysberg , Nov. 19 , 1863 . “ We here highly resolie that the dead shall not have died in vain , that this nation shall , under God , have a new birth of freedom ...
... in a speech at the dedication of the National Soldiers ' Cemetery at Gettysberg , Nov. 19 , 1863 . “ We here highly resolie that the dead shall not have died in vain , that this nation shall , under God , have a new birth of freedom ...
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18 , 1777 , referring to the employment of German 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 ...
18 , 1777 , referring to the employment of German 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 ...
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ANTHONY COLLINS ( 1676-1729 ) --Last words . I have been nearer you when you have missed me . Sir GEORGE LISLE ( Aug. 28 , 1648 ) – Last words , to one of the soldiers appointed to shoot him . ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . ii ...
ANTHONY COLLINS ( 1676-1729 ) --Last words . I have been nearer you when you have missed me . Sir GEORGE LISLE ( Aug. 28 , 1648 ) – Last words , to one of the soldiers appointed to shoot him . ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . ii ...
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