Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 85
... Voltaire ( Siècle de Louis XV , ch . 33 ) but said by Grimm ( Mémoires inédits , vol . 1 , p . 188 ) to have been uttered by sergeant DUBOIS , belonging to his company , in the night of Oct. 15-16 , 1760 , at Clostercamp , when both ...
... Voltaire ( Siècle de Louis XV , ch . 33 ) but said by Grimm ( Mémoires inédits , vol . 1 , p . 188 ) to have been uttered by sergeant DUBOIS , belonging to his company , in the night of Oct. 15-16 , 1760 , at Clostercamp , when both ...
Page 89
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) , when Frederick II ( 1712-86 ) was praising them , had said that not one of La Fontaine's fables would escape On criticism if judged calmly . reading them , however , he im- patiently threw down the book say- ing ...
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) , when Frederick II ( 1712-86 ) was praising them , had said that not one of La Fontaine's fables would escape On criticism if judged calmly . reading them , however , he im- patiently threw down the book say- ing ...
Page 98
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) —to B. Franklin's grandson , in 1778 , when asked to give him his blessing . Some say that he spoke in English . T. J. Duvernet , Vie de Voltaire , 1787 , p . 300 . See God and liberty . Dieu , je te prie que tu ...
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) —to B. Franklin's grandson , in 1778 , when asked to give him his blessing . Some say that he spoke in English . T. J. Duvernet , Vie de Voltaire , 1787 , p . 300 . See God and liberty . Dieu , je te prie que tu ...
Page 99
... VOLTAIRE , ( 1694-1778 ) at the end of his letters , especially in the year 1762 and after . Sometimes he abbreviated it to " Ecr . l'inf . " In a letter to D'ALEMBERT ( 1717-83 ) dated Nov. 28 , 1762 , he explains that by " in- fame he ...
... VOLTAIRE , ( 1694-1778 ) at the end of his letters , especially in the year 1762 and after . Sometimes he abbreviated it to " Ecr . l'inf . " In a letter to D'ALEMBERT ( 1717-83 ) dated Nov. 28 , 1762 , he explains that by " in- fame he ...
Page 102
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) to CHARLES ANDRÉ , a hairdresser , who asked the former's opinion of a tragedy he had written : " Monsieur " André faites des perruques " was the refrain of the letter . Faites - moi de bonne politique , je vous ...
... VOLTAIRE ( 1694-1778 ) to CHARLES ANDRÉ , a hairdresser , who asked the former's opinion of a tragedy he had written : " Monsieur " André faites des perruques " was the refrain of the letter . Faites - moi de bonne politique , je vous ...
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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