Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... alluding to the Reform Bill of 1866 . Are the doctors here ? PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRI- SON ( 1833-1901 ) -Last words , to his wife , who enquired whether he wanted anything . Are we not children , all of us ? JANE TAYLOR ( 1783-1824 ) ...
... alluding to the Reform Bill of 1866 . Are the doctors here ? PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRI- SON ( 1833-1901 ) -Last words , to his wife , who enquired whether he wanted anything . Are we not children , all of us ? JANE TAYLOR ( 1783-1824 ) ...
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... [ Alluding to Beresford Hope's descent from the family of Hope of Amsterdam , and his action while speaking ) . a ... alluded to the Rt . Hon . Edward Horsman ( 1807- 76 ) as the ' superior person ' of the House of Commons . A treaty is ...
... [ Alluding to Beresford Hope's descent from the family of Hope of Amsterdam , and his action while speaking ) . a ... alluded to the Rt . Hon . Edward Horsman ( 1807- 76 ) as the ' superior person ' of the House of Commons . A treaty is ...
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... alluding to Edmund Burke . Die , my dear doctor ! that's the last thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . WENDELL PHILLIPS ...
... alluding to Edmund Burke . Die , my dear doctor ! that's the last thing I shall do . LORD PALMERSTON ( 1784-1865 ) -Death - bed utterance . Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics . WENDELL PHILLIPS ...
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... alluding to the liberty of the press : 66 Give them a corrupt House of Lords , give them a venal House of Commons , give them a tyrannical prince , give them a truckling court , and let me He has set his heart on being a martyr , 2 ...
... alluding to the liberty of the press : 66 Give them a corrupt House of Lords , give them a venal House of Commons , give them a tyrannical prince , give them a truckling court , and let me He has set his heart on being a martyr , 2 ...
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... alluding to The Tale of a Tub . Great objects can only be seen at a distance . JAMES NORTHCOTE ( 1746-1831 ) . See You must stand afar off , & c . Great revolutions , whatever may be their causes , are not lightly made , and are not ...
... alluding to The Tale of a Tub . Great objects can only be seen at a distance . JAMES NORTHCOTE ( 1746-1831 ) . See You must stand afar off , & c . Great revolutions , whatever may be their causes , are not lightly made , and are not ...
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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