Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... THOMAS HOOD ( 1792-1845 ) - Last words . Early and provident fear is the mother of safety . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —in a speech on the Petition of the Unitarians . Cf. La méfiance Est mère de la sûreté ( Prudence is the mother of ...
... THOMAS HOOD ( 1792-1845 ) - Last words . Early and provident fear is the mother of safety . EDMUND BURKE ( 1729-97 ) —in a speech on the Petition of the Unitarians . Cf. La méfiance Est mère de la sûreté ( Prudence is the mother of ...
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... THOMAS JEFFERSON ( 1743-1826 ) -in a letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON ( 1743-1826 ) -in a letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none ...
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... THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803- 82 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) —when told that his daughter Anne , as well as Mary , was on the side of William of Orange ...
... THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803- 82 ) . God help me , my very children have forsaken me . JAMES II ( 1633-1701 ) —when told that his daughter Anne , as well as Mary , was on the side of William of Orange ...
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... THOMAS GOLD APPLETON ( 1812- 84 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , Autocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . COL . HENRY CLAY EGBERT ( 1840-99 ) -- Last words . He was killed ...
... THOMAS GOLD APPLETON ( 1812- 84 ) , American wit and author . ( Cf. Holmes , Autocrat of the Breakfast Table , ch . 66 ) . Good - bye , General ; I'm done . I'm too old . COL . HENRY CLAY EGBERT ( 1840-99 ) -- Last words . He was killed ...
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... THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to an American clergyman who defended universal suffrage . I do not fear death . THOMAS BLOOD ( 1628-80 ) - Last words . See I am not in the least afraid to die ; My Lord , why do you not go on ? I do not ...
... THOMAS CARLYLE ( 1795-1881 ) -to an American clergyman who defended universal suffrage . I do not fear death . THOMAS BLOOD ( 1628-80 ) - Last words . See I am not in the least afraid to die ; My Lord , why do you not go on ? I do not ...
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