Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Hist . of Eng . 1836 , vol . i , p . 189 ) . See Adieu , prince sans terre . Father abbot , I am come to lay my weary bones among you . CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to the abbot and monks of Leicester Abbey , Nov. 26 , 1529 . Few die ...
... Hist . of Eng . 1836 , vol . i , p . 189 ) . See Adieu , prince sans terre . Father abbot , I am come to lay my weary bones among you . CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to the abbot and monks of Leicester Abbey , Nov. 26 , 1529 . Few die ...
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... Hist . of Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL GARFIELD ( 1831-81 ) -concluding words of a brief speech at New York , April 15 , 1865 , the day of President Lincoln's death . Garfield ...
... Hist . of Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL GARFIELD ( 1831-81 ) -concluding words of a brief speech at New York , April 15 , 1865 , the day of President Lincoln's death . Garfield ...
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... and Necker's daughter , afterwards Mme . de Staël : Cf. Brougham , Life of Pitt , also Quarterly Review , no . 97 , p . 568 , and J. W. Croker , Memoirs , vol . 1847 ) . ( Hume , Hist . of I ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 21.
... and Necker's daughter , afterwards Mme . de Staël : Cf. Brougham , Life of Pitt , also Quarterly Review , no . 97 , p . 568 , and J. W. Croker , Memoirs , vol . 1847 ) . ( Hume , Hist . of I ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 21.
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... Hist . of I awoke one morning , and found. I am satisfied with the Lord's will . JOHN NEWTON ( 1725-1807 ) , a friend of the poet Cowper - Last recorded words . I am sweeping through the gates , washed in the blood of the Lamb . REV ...
... Hist . of I awoke one morning , and found. I am satisfied with the Lord's will . JOHN NEWTON ( 1725-1807 ) , a friend of the poet Cowper - Last recorded words . I am sweeping through the gates , washed in the blood of the Lamb . REV ...
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... Hist of Engl . ) George Wishart also forgave the executioner in a similar way : See I fear not this fire . I do not believe that state can last in which Jesus and Judas have equal weight in public affairs . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) ...
... Hist of Engl . ) George Wishart also forgave the executioner in a similar way : See I fear not this fire . I do not believe that state can last in which Jesus and Judas have equal weight in public affairs . THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) ...
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