Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... 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 , 1846 ...
... 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 , 1846 ...
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... things imagin- ary as if they were real , while you preachers 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 were more successful ...
... things imagin- ary as if they were real , while you preachers 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 were more successful ...
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... things at their true value . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709- 84 ) ( 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 when listening to a ...
... things at their true value . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709- 84 ) ( 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 when listening to a ...
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... 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. I , 1798 ) ; when his officers ...
... 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. I , 1798 ) ; when his officers ...
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... thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . WENDELL PHILLIPS ( 1811-84 ) — in a speech , Nov. 7 , 1860 , on Abra- ham Lincoln's ...
... thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . WENDELL PHILLIPS ( 1811-84 ) — in a speech , Nov. 7 , 1860 , on Abra- ham Lincoln's ...
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