Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... death are few by resignation , none . " : Finality is not the language of politics . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , Feb. 28 , 1859 . Fish is almost the only rare thing by ...
... death are few by resignation , none . " : Finality is not the language of politics . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , Feb. 28 , 1859 . Fish is almost the only rare thing by ...
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... death . PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-99 ) -in a speech in the Virginia Conven- tion ( March , 1775 ) . " Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , almighty God ! I know not what ...
... death . PATRICK HENRY ( 1736-99 ) -in a speech in the Virginia Conven- tion ( March , 1775 ) . " Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , almighty God ! I know not what ...
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... death . Garfield became President in 1881 , but was assassinated Sep. 19 of the same year . Cf. God's in his heaven- All's right with the world . ( R. Browning , Pippa Passes . ) God's will be done . BISHOP THOMAS KEN , author of the ...
... death . Garfield became President in 1881 , but was assassinated Sep. 19 of the same year . Cf. God's in his heaven- All's right with the world . ( R. Browning , Pippa Passes . ) God's will be done . BISHOP THOMAS KEN , author of the ...
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... death , to Lord Chesterfield . Good Americans , when they die , go to Paris . 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 ...
... death , to Lord Chesterfield . Good Americans , when they die , go to Paris . 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 ...
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... Death - bed utterance . His last words were from the Burial Ser- vice ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity ...
... Death - bed utterance . His last words were from the Burial Ser- vice ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity ...
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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