Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Above all things - Liberty . JOHN Selden ( 1584.1654 ) - Motto placed by him upon his books , a burglar of others ' intellects . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -- in a speech in the House of Commons , May 15 ...
Above all things - Liberty . JOHN Selden ( 1584.1654 ) - Motto placed by him upon his books , a burglar of others ' intellects . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -- in a speech in the House of Commons , May 15 ...
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Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real , while you preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary . THOMAS BETTERTON ( 1635-1710 ) --- in reply to the Archbishop of Canterbury , who asked why actors ...
Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real , while you preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary . THOMAS BETTERTON ( 1635-1710 ) --- in reply to the Archbishop of Canterbury , who asked why actors ...
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... to estimate things at their true value . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 170984 ) ( Boswell's Life of Johnson , ed . 1824 , vol ii , p . 335 ) . . . as good as a play ( a comedy ) . CHARLES II ( 1630-85 ) --- said to have been uttered by him ...
... to estimate things at their true value . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 170984 ) ( Boswell's Life of Johnson , ed . 1824 , vol ii , p . 335 ) . . . as good as a play ( a comedy ) . CHARLES II ( 1630-85 ) --- said to have been uttered by him ...
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Be a whole man to one thing at a time . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) . Before this time to - morrow , I shall have gained a peerage , or Westminster Abbey . LORD NELSON ( 1758-1805 ) -just before the Battle of the Nile ( Aug.
Be a whole man to one thing at a time . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) . Before this time to - morrow , I shall have gained a peerage , or Westminster Abbey . LORD NELSON ( 1758-1805 ) -just before the Battle of the Nile ( Aug.
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Die , my dear doctor ! that's the last thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . Wendell Phillil's ( 1811-84 ) in a speech , Nov.
Die , my dear doctor ! that's the last thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . Wendell Phillil's ( 1811-84 ) in a speech , Nov.
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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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