Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... called his political Cave of Adullam . ” ( Reid , Life of W. E. Gladstone , p . 486. ) An allusion to the cave Adullam . ( Cf. 1 Samuel xxii , 1 , 2. ) Bishop Wilberforce wrote at the time about Gladstone's new Commandment , " which was ...
... called his political Cave of Adullam . ” ( Reid , Life of W. E. Gladstone , p . 486. ) An allusion to the cave Adullam . ( Cf. 1 Samuel xxii , 1 , 2. ) Bishop Wilberforce wrote at the time about Gladstone's new Commandment , " which was ...
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... called out that his words should be taken down . Stopped ! JOSEPH HENRY GREEN ( 1791- 1863 ) -Last words , referring to his pulse . See The artery ceases to beat . Struck with sterility . LORD JUSTICE BOWEN ( 1835- 94 ) -in reference to ...
... called out that his words should be taken down . Stopped ! JOSEPH HENRY GREEN ( 1791- 1863 ) -Last words , referring to his pulse . See The artery ceases to beat . Struck with sterility . LORD JUSTICE BOWEN ( 1835- 94 ) -in reference to ...
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... called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey . THOMAS ERSKINE ( 1750-1823 ) . The accident of an accident . LORD THURLOW ( 1732-1806 ) — in replying to the Duke of Grafton , who ( during a debate on Lord Sandwich's ...
... called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey . THOMAS ERSKINE ( 1750-1823 ) . The accident of an accident . LORD THURLOW ( 1732-1806 ) — in replying to the Duke of Grafton , who ( during a debate on Lord Sandwich's ...
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... called by its owners the Duke of Wellington and afterwards , rather in jest than earnest , to the Duke himselt . " ( The Words of Wellington , 1869 , p . 179 ) A correspondent of Notes & Queries ( Aug. 30 , 1902 , p . 172 ) 62 ENGLISH ...
... called by its owners the Duke of Wellington and afterwards , rather in jest than earnest , to the Duke himselt . " ( The Words of Wellington , 1869 , p . 179 ) A correspondent of Notes & Queries ( Aug. 30 , 1902 , p . 172 ) 62 ENGLISH ...
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... called the Iron Duke was built at the Great Western Railway works in 1847- The term was applied to the Duke of Wellington in 1850 , accord- ing to the Engl . Histor . Dict . The key of India is not Herat or Candahar . The key of India ...
... called the Iron Duke was built at the Great Western Railway works in 1847- The term was applied to the Duke of Wellington in 1850 , accord- ing to the Engl . Histor . Dict . The key of India is not Herat or Candahar . The key of India ...
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