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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. MULATOR ENKRL << Pless EAST AELISMERETLEMELE Lit 2050.36 HARVARD COLLEGE VERI TAS LAMONT LIBRARY. Front Cover.
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. MULATOR ENKRL << Pless EAST AELISMERETLEMELE Lit 2050.36 HARVARD COLLEGE VERI TAS LAMONT LIBRARY. Front Cover.
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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. Lit 2050.36 HARVARD COLLEGE VERI TAS LAMONT LIBRARY FAMOUS SAYINGS AND THEIR AUTHORS.
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. Lit 2050.36 HARVARD COLLEGE VERI TAS LAMONT LIBRARY FAMOUS SAYINGS AND THEIR AUTHORS.
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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. writes ( Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations , ch . cxlv ) . " La plupart des bons mots ne sont que des redites .
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. writes ( Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations , ch . cxlv ) . " La plupart des bons mots ne sont que des redites .
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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. made by DANIEL PURCELL ( c . 1660-1717 . ) A man will turn over half a library to make one book . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709-84 ) ...
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. made by DANIEL PURCELL ( c . 1660-1717 . ) A man will turn over half a library to make one book . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709-84 ) ...
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A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. ancient ally ; but he still entertains a confident hope that this untoward event will not be followed by further hostilities " ( S.
A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Edward Latham. ancient ally ; but he still entertains a confident hope that this untoward event will not be followed by further hostilities " ( S.
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Page 64 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 20 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 117 - C'est de lui que nous vient cet art ingénieux De peindre la parole et de parler aux yeux, Et par les traits divers de figures tracées, Donner de la couleur et du corps aux pensées".
Page 29 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too...
Page 9 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 147 - Quand le gouvernement viole les droits du peuple, l'insurrection est pour le peuple et pour chaque portion du peuple le plus sacré des droits et le plus indispensable des devoirs.
Page 28 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 226 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 75 - Gentlemen, the melancholy event of yesterday reads to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman * who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue.
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| Title | Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Volume 7 of Sonnenschein's dictionaries of quotations |
| Author | Edward Latham |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Swan Sonnenschein, 1906 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 318 pages |
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