Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... wish this tragic scene were over , but I hope to go through it with becoming dignity . JAMES QUIN ( 1693-1766 ) ... wishes were gratified , most of our pleasures would be destroyed . ARCHBISHOP WHATELY ( 1787- 1863 ) . If all the swords in ...
... wish this tragic scene were over , but I hope to go through it with becoming dignity . JAMES QUIN ( 1693-1766 ) ... wishes were gratified , most of our pleasures would be destroyed . ARCHBISHOP WHATELY ( 1787- 1863 ) . If all the swords in ...
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... wish to believe on that subject . THOMAS PAINE , author of The Rights of Man , & c . ( 1737-1809 ) --- Last words , in reply to his physician's question , " Do you wish to believe that Jesus is the Son of God ? " I have often read and ...
... wish to believe on that subject . THOMAS PAINE , author of The Rights of Man , & c . ( 1737-1809 ) --- Last words , in reply to his physician's question , " Do you wish to believe that Jesus is the Son of God ? " I have often read and ...
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... wishes are concerned . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769 . 1852 ) . I mix them with ( my ) brains , sir . JOHN OPIE ( 1761-1807 ) —Reply , when asked how he mixed his colours . " With Brains , Sir " is the title of a paper ( 1st series , 2nd ...
... wishes are concerned . DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769 . 1852 ) . I mix them with ( my ) brains , sir . JOHN OPIE ( 1761-1807 ) —Reply , when asked how he mixed his colours . " With Brains , Sir " is the title of a paper ( 1st series , 2nd ...
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... wish I had the power of writing & c . I should not be a better king , however splendidly I was dressed . EDWARD I ( 1239-1307 ) . Is Lawrence come - is Lawrence come ? JOHN HENRY FUSELI ( c . 1742- 1825 ) -Last words ; alluding to his ...
... wish I had the power of writing & c . I should not be a better king , however splendidly I was dressed . EDWARD I ( 1239-1307 ) . Is Lawrence come - is Lawrence come ? JOHN HENRY FUSELI ( c . 1742- 1825 ) -Last words ; alluding to his ...
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... wish . GEORGE BUCHANAN ( 1506-82 ) - Last words ; to his servant , who asked who would defray the ex- penses of his burial . It matters not where I am going whether the weather be cold or hot . LORD CHANCELLOR JOHN SCOTT ELDON ( 1750 ...
... wish . GEORGE BUCHANAN ( 1506-82 ) - Last words ; to his servant , who asked who would defray the ex- penses of his burial . It matters not where I am going whether the weather be cold or hot . LORD CHANCELLOR JOHN SCOTT ELDON ( 1750 ...
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