Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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I could wish this tragic scene were over , but I hope to go through it with becoming dignity . JAMES QUIN ( 1693-1766 ) — Last words . I die happy . CHARLES JAMES FOX ( 17491806 ) Last words . Another account gives : " Trotter will tell ...
I could wish this tragic scene were over , but I hope to go through it with becoming dignity . JAMES QUIN ( 1693-1766 ) — Last words . I die happy . CHARLES JAMES FOX ( 17491806 ) Last words . Another account gives : " Trotter will tell ...
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I have no 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 no 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 ?
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I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own 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 .
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own 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 .
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See Je vais quérir un grand peut - être . I should like to record the thoughts of a dying man for the benefit of science , but it is impossible . DR . GEORGE MILLER BEARD ( 1839-83 ) -Last words . See I wish I had the power of writing ...
See Je vais quérir un grand peut - être . I should like to record the thoughts of a dying man for the benefit of science , but it is impossible . DR . GEORGE MILLER BEARD ( 1839-83 ) -Last words . See I wish I had the power of writing ...
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They may leave my corpse to rot where I die if they wish . GEORGE BUCHANAN ( 1506-82 )Last words ; to his servant , who asked who would defray the expenses of his burial . LORD CHANCELLOR John Scott ELDON ( 1750-1838 ) -- Last words ...
They may leave my corpse to rot where I die if they wish . GEORGE BUCHANAN ( 1506-82 )Last words ; to his servant , who asked who would defray the expenses of his burial . LORD CHANCELLOR John Scott ELDON ( 1750-1838 ) -- Last words ...
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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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