Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) at the Battle of Waterloo ( June 18 , 1815 ) , after looking at his watch . ( Cf. Hugo , Les Misé rables : Cosette , bk . 1 , ch . 10 ) . Books , churches , governments , are what we make them . WENDELL ...
... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) at the Battle of Waterloo ( June 18 , 1815 ) , after looking at his watch . ( Cf. Hugo , Les Misé rables : Cosette , bk . 1 , ch . 10 ) . Books , churches , governments , are what we make them . WENDELL ...
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... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) - Advice to a new Member who asked him how to get on in the House of Commons . Don't think , but try ; be patient , be accurate . JOHN HUNTER ( 1728-93 ) -Ad- vice to Edward Jenner , when consulted as ...
... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) - Advice to a new Member who asked him how to get on in the House of Commons . Don't think , but try ; be patient , be accurate . JOHN HUNTER ( 1728-93 ) -Ad- vice to Edward Jenner , when consulted as ...
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... Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving a coach and six through an Act of Parlia- ment . SIR STEPHEN RICE ( 1637-1715 ) , appointed ...
... Duke of Somerset , who said that he could not obey him without break- ing the law . See Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam . . . driving a coach and six through an Act of Parlia- ment . SIR STEPHEN RICE ( 1637-1715 ) , appointed ...
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... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN ( 1750- 1817 ) -in a speech at Dublin in 1790 . Ever speak the truth ; for , if you will do so , you shall never be believed , and ...
... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ( 1769- 1852 ) . Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty . JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN ( 1750- 1817 ) -in a speech at Dublin in 1790 . Ever speak the truth ; for , if you will do so , you shall never be believed , and ...
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... served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! Farewell , Oxford without a head ! DUKE OF ORMOND ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 15.
... served my God & c . Farewell , France , farewell ! I shall never see thee more . See Adieu , chère France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! Farewell , Oxford without a head ! DUKE OF ORMOND ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 15.
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς