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... but even here discrepancies creep in . ) Further , if the words uttered are not concise or pithy enough to suit the taste of posterity , it is only to be ex* * pected that a little alteration or improvement will be.
... but even here discrepancies creep in . ) Further , if the words uttered are not concise or pithy enough to suit the taste of posterity , it is only to be ex* * pected that a little alteration or improvement will be.
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107-8 ) , referring to a mot of Villars which seems never to have been uttered by him .. " le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non č zero č ben trovato ...
107-8 ) , referring to a mot of Villars which seems never to have been uttered by him .. " le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non č zero č ben trovato ...
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A number of “ dying words ” have been included , not so much because of any particular intrinsic merit they may possess , but rather on account of the interest they acquire from their having been uttered ( or said to have been uttered ) ...
A number of “ dying words ” have been included , not so much because of any particular intrinsic merit they may possess , but rather on account of the interest they acquire from their having been uttered ( or said to have been uttered ) ...
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8 , 1813 , said that " the gentleman ( Mr. Quincy ) cannot have forgotten his own sentiment , uttered even on the floor of this House , ' Peaceably if we can , forcibly if we must ' . " Am I not a man and a brother ?
8 , 1813 , said that " the gentleman ( Mr. Quincy ) cannot have forgotten his own sentiment , uttered even on the floor of this House , ' Peaceably if we can , forcibly if we must ' . " Am I not a man and a brother ?
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CHARLES II ( 1630-85 ) --- said to have been uttered by him when listening to a debate on Lord Ross's Divorce Bill ( see Macaulay , Review of the Life .. of Sir William Temple ) . A shocking bad hat . FREDERICK AUGUSTUS , DUKE OF YORK ...
CHARLES II ( 1630-85 ) --- said to have been uttered by him when listening to a debate on Lord Ross's Divorce Bill ( see Macaulay , Review of the Life .. of Sir William Temple ) . A shocking bad hat . FREDERICK AUGUSTUS , DUKE OF YORK ...
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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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