Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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After I am dead , you will find · Calais ' written upon my heart . QUEEN MARY I ( 1517-58 ) —Last words , alluding to England's loss of that town . Another version is : “ When I die , ' Calais ' will be found wiitten on my heart ...
After I am dead , you will find · Calais ' written upon my heart . QUEEN MARY I ( 1517-58 ) —Last words , alluding to England's loss of that town . Another version is : “ When I die , ' Calais ' will be found wiitten on my heart ...
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JOHN DESNIS ( 1657-1734 ) - to Rowe , referring to a pun made by Dr. Garih ( 1660-1719 ) , the Doctor having sent his snuff - box to the lastnamed , with the two Greek letters $ P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid .
JOHN DESNIS ( 1657-1734 ) - to Rowe , referring to a pun made by Dr. Garih ( 1660-1719 ) , the Doctor having sent his snuff - box to the lastnamed , with the two Greek letters $ P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid .
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Fain would I climb , yet fear I to fall . Sir Walter Raleigh ( 15521618 ) -said to have been scratched on a pane of glass in Queen Elizabeth's presence . Her answer written underneath was : If thy heart fails thee ...
Fain would I climb , yet fear I to fall . Sir Walter Raleigh ( 15521618 ) -said to have been scratched on a pane of glass in Queen Elizabeth's presence . Her answer written underneath was : If thy heart fails thee ...
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Anacharsis , laughing at Solon who was writing his laws , said that written laws were just like spiders ' webs ; for , like them , they caught the weaker criminals , but were broken through by the stronger and more important .
Anacharsis , laughing at Solon who was writing his laws , said that written laws were just like spiders ' webs ; for , like them , they caught the weaker criminals , but were broken through by the stronger and more important .
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 17691852 ) --- written from Coimbra , May 31 , 1809 , to the Rt . Hon . J. Villiers . See The English nation is never so great as in adversity . I have long been of the opinion that the foundations of the future ...
DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 17691852 ) --- written from Coimbra , May 31 , 1809 , to the Rt . Hon . J. Villiers . See The English nation is never so great as in adversity . I have long been of the opinion that the foundations of the future ...
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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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