Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... ( Sire , you have several times told me you pitied me ; but I pity you who have uttered these words : I am compelled to do it ! That is not speaking like a king ) . Palissy died in prison at the age of 80 ( 1590 ) . Cependant , sire , la ...
... ( Sire , you have several times told me you pitied me ; but I pity you who have uttered these words : I am compelled to do it ! That is not speaking like a king ) . Palissy died in prison at the age of 80 ( 1590 ) . Cependant , sire , la ...
Page 93
... sire , il n'y a pas de jour que je ne fasse au moins trois fois le tour de mon cousin d'Aumont . ( It is a slander , sire , not a day passes but what I walk at least three times round my cousin d'Au- mont . ) Joking reply by the DUC DE ...
... sire , il n'y a pas de jour que je ne fasse au moins trois fois le tour de mon cousin d'Aumont . ( It is a slander , sire , not a day passes but what I walk at least three times round my cousin d'Au- mont . ) Joking reply by the DUC DE ...
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... Sire , y pensez vous ? cette poutre durera plus que vous et moi , ( Do you think so , sire ? this 29 beam will last longer than you or I ) . Chamfort . Chacun chez soi , chacun pour soi . ( Everyone in his own home , everyone for ...
... Sire , y pensez vous ? cette poutre durera plus que vous et moi , ( Do you think so , sire ? this 29 beam will last longer than you or I ) . Chamfort . Chacun chez soi , chacun pour soi . ( Everyone in his own home , everyone for ...
Page 101
... Sire . - Les chev- aux . ( And what did you go to 1 ( Ce qui veut dire habile , adroit , indus- trieux , which means clever , adroit , indus- trious . ) ( Note by Ch . Barthélemy , Erreurs et Mensonges historiques , 10th series , p ...
... Sire . - Les chev- aux . ( And what did you go to 1 ( Ce qui veut dire habile , adroit , indus- trieux , which means clever , adroit , indus- trious . ) ( Note by Ch . Barthélemy , Erreurs et Mensonges historiques , 10th series , p ...
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... Sire . - Horses . ) LOUIS XV ( 1710-74 ) is said to have asked the above question of , and received the above reply from M. DE LAURAGUAIS , who had returned from a journey to London Authenticity denied by the prince de Ligne ( see ...
... Sire . - Horses . ) LOUIS XV ( 1710-74 ) is said to have asked the above question of , and received the above reply from M. DE LAURAGUAIS , who had returned from a journey to London Authenticity denied by the prince de Ligne ( see ...
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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