Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... thou ! " The doubtful points in historical sayings may be roughly classified as follows : ( 1 ) inaccuracy of form , slight or considerable ; ( 2 ) inauthenticity , invention after the events to which they relate ; ( 3 ) attribution to ...
... thou ! " The doubtful points in historical sayings may be roughly classified as follows : ( 1 ) inaccuracy of form , slight or considerable ; ( 2 ) inauthenticity , invention after the events to which they relate ; ( 3 ) attribution to ...
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... thou think , man , I can make thy son a painter ? No only God Almighty makes painters ! SIR GODFREY KNELLER ( 1648- 1723 ) when declining to take the son of his tailor as a pupil . Do you call that nothing ? But so much the worse for ...
... thou think , man , I can make thy son a painter ? No only God Almighty makes painters ! SIR GODFREY KNELLER ( 1648- 1723 ) when declining to take the son of his tailor as a pupil . Do you call that nothing ? But so much the worse for ...
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... thou quiver man ? " ( Dick ) . " The palsy , and not fear , provoketh me . ' ( Lord Say . ) ( Shakspere , King Henry VI , 2nd Part , act iv , sc . 7 , 11. 95-6 ) . an a If I were an American , as I am Englishman , while foreign troop ...
... thou quiver man ? " ( Dick ) . " The palsy , and not fear , provoketh me . ' ( Lord Say . ) ( Shakspere , King Henry VI , 2nd Part , act iv , sc . 7 , 11. 95-6 ) . an a If I were an American , as I am Englishman , while foreign troop ...
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... thou , the hidden purpose of that Power , Which alone is great , Nor the myriad world , his shadow , nor the silent Opener of the Gate . " ( see Memoir , by his son ) . I have pain - there is no arguing against sense - but I have peace ...
... thou , the hidden purpose of that Power , Which alone is great , Nor the myriad world , his shadow , nor the silent Opener of the Gate . " ( see Memoir , by his son ) . I have pain - there is no arguing against sense - but I have peace ...
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... Thou wilt keep him in per- fect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . ' BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER ( 1795-1858 ) , Attorney General of the U.S. 1831-4 - Last words I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke , but you are the first who ...
... Thou wilt keep him in per- fect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . ' BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER ( 1795-1858 ) , Attorney General of the U.S. 1831-4 - Last words I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke , but you are the first who ...
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